Francis Armstrong
Francis Fraser Armstrong (1813–1897) was a
Biography
Armstrong was born on 22 November 1813 in Scotland, at the town of
Armstrong made collections of birds that were amongst the earliest contributions to the ornithology of the state.[2] The botanist Alex George noted his work in obtaining and preserving plants and animals for sale, but states he is not recorded as the collector of taxonomic specimens.[3] The ornithologists Dominic Serventy and Hubert Whittell assume that Armstrong was advised and aided in obtaining birds by his Nyungar friends and associates, and later encounters with the professional field workers John Gilbert and Ludwig Preiss. He recorded in a letter that his spare time was focused on birds, and had advertised his services and collections of prepared specimens for sale.[2]
He died at
References
- ^ a b "Francis Fraser Armstrong". monumentaustralia.org.au. Monument Australia. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
- ^ a b c Serventy, D. L.; Whittell, H. M. (1951). A handbook of the birds of Western Australia (with the exception of the Kimberley division) (2nd ed.). Perth: Paterson Brokensha. p. 28.
- ^ a b George, Alex. "Francis Fraser Armstrong: biography". www.anbg.gov.au. Australian National Herbarium. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
- ^ Armstrong, Francis Fraser (1979). "Manners and habits of the Aborigines of Western Australia. [1836]". Pandora. nla.gov.au.
- Ronald E Turner, Foundations Not Made with Hands (Perth, 1984);
- Wesley Lutton, The Wesley Story (Perth, 1970);
- Thomas Farmer, Journal (Battye Library);
- William McNair, 'Righteousness Developed into Intelligent Goodness' (Western Methodist, Sept 1965);
- William McNair and Hilary Rumley, Pioneer Aboriginal Mission (Perth, 1981)