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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1999-11-05 human Rosanne Walker updated 2019-12-13 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P003084b.htm person Cornwall Edward Mayler AACR2 10 May 1861 24 November 1937 Place of Birth Malvern, Victoria, Australia Ornithologist Edward Cornwall managed various businesses in north Queensland. He was a keen collector of bird skins and eggs and was also a nature photographer and lecturer on birds.

Born Malvern, Victoria, 10 May 1861. Died Mackay, Queensland, 24 November 1937. Member, first scientific expedition to visit King Island in Bass Strait 1877; scientific collecting trip to far north Queensland early 1880s, where he stayed for several years, collecting 10,000 bird skins and many thousands of clutches of birds' eggs, including some first sets of little-known species; visit to Victoria; Townsville; manager, Red Arcade, Cairns for several years; Manager, Shaw and Son, Mackay until retirement. Instrumental in forming the Field Naturalists Club of Cairns and its first president. Excellent nature photographer and bird lecturer. Contributed several articles to The Emu and also articles in other papers under the pen-name Mopoke. G.M. Mathews named Podargus cornwalli after him.

 Cornwall, Edward Mayler (1861-1937)

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 'Cornwall, Edward Mayler', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Cornwall, Edward Mayler Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: The Flight of the Emu: a Hundred Years of Australian Ornithology 1901-2001 Robin, Libby The Flight of the Emu: a Hundred Years of Australian Ornithology 1901-2001 Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2001