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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2025-11-07 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000264b.htm person Broadbent Kendall AACR2 26 August 1837 16 January 1911 Place of Birth Horsforth, near Leeds, Yorkshire, England Natural history collector Geologist Kendall Broadbent, described as a 'thorough field naturalist and a most discerning zoological collector', collected in every Australian state. He worked for the Queensland Museum 1880-1900 collecting fossils, animals and anthropological material. In 1891 the plant Melicope broadbentiana was named after him.

Born Horsforth, near Leeds, Yorkshire, England, 26 August 1837. Died Brisbane, 16 January 1911. Arrived Victoria 1852; contracting work with his father; survived the wreck of the "Maria" 1872; collector for Count de Castenau Cape York and Gulf of Carpentaria 1873; collected around Port Moresby for British Museum 1875; collected for E.P. Ramsay (q.v.) of the Australian Museum 1877-79; collected for the Queensland Museum 1880-1893; attendant in the museum 1893-1900. Collected the type specimen of the Rufous Bristlebird 1858 and it was named "Dasyornis broadbenti" after him.

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Kendall Broadbent worked for the Museum collecting fossils, animals and anthropological material 1880 - 1900

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 Broadbent, Kendall (1837-1911)

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 'Broadbent, Kendall', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Broadbent, Kendall Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: A detailed report on the birds collected on the Chevert Expedition to New Guinea, in 1875 Fulton, Graham R. A detailed report on the birds collected on the Chevert Expedition to New Guinea, in 1875 2021 Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 143 9-36 Kendall Broadbent - Records Queensland Museum Library Kendall Broadbent - Records 1880 - 1911 Diary while collecting in the Cardwell district for the Queensland Museum in 1886 (112 pages); diary of expedition under A. Meston to Bellenden Ker Chincilla 1889-90, including a short summary of Broadbent's career (59 pages); manuscript supplement to the published edition of Broadbent's diary of Meston's expedition (48 pages); and other documents relating to Broadbent in the records of the Queensland Museum 1880-1911. Edward Pearson Ramsay - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Edward Pearson Ramsay - Records ML MSS 563 1860 - 1912 Correspondence and miscellaneous papers 1860-1912, containing letters dealing with natural history received from scientific colleagues, including, W.T. Denison, W. Woolls, W.B. Clarke, S. Diggles, A.W. Scott and his daughters Harriett and Helena, C. French (senior), K.H. Bennett, J. MacGillivray, G.W. Barnard, W.E. Armit, K. Broadbent, J.T. Cockerell, J. Rainbird, R. Grant, T.A. Gulliver, S. White, J.F. Wilcox, Count Castlenau [Laporte, François] and F. Mueller. 7 volumes