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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2019-11-05 human Helen Cohn updated 2024-07-30 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006673b.htm person James William Hughes AACR2 1852 23 August 1876 Place of Birth Virginia, United States of America Place of Death near Yule Island, Queensland, Australia William James was a medical practitioner and natural history collector who arrived in Sydney in January 1875. From April to September he served as doctor for the Chevert Expedition to New Guinea, doubling as collector and taxidermist. His collections were mainly birds but included some mammals, butterflies and beetles. These collections are now in the Macleay Museum, Sydney, and the Natural History Museum, Tring, United Kingdom. James returned to New Guinea at the conclusion of the Expedition and continued collecting natural history specimen, but was killed near Yule Island in the Torres Strait in August 1876. Macleay Museum (1892 - )

Specimens collected on the Chevert Expedition are in the Museum

 Chevert Expedition (1875)

Expedition doctor, collector and taxidermist

 'James, William Hughes', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology James, William Hughes Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Dr William H. James 1852-76: medical doctor and naturalist Fulton, Graham R. Dr William H. James 1852-76: medical doctor and naturalist 2017 Bulletin of the British Ornithological Club 137 1 71-87