Person

Minchin, Ronald Richard Luther (1904 - 1940)

Born: 26 February 1904
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Died: 4 February 1940
Occupation: Zoo director

Summary

Ronald Minchin, the son of A. C. Minchin (qv), became Assistant Director of the Adelaide Zoological Gardens in 1929 and succeeded his father as Director in 1935.

Parent

Minchin, Alfred Corker (1857 - 1934)

Archival resources

State Library of South Australia, Mortlock Library of South Australiana

Ronald Richard Luther Minchin - Records, 1925 - 1927, PRG 119; State Library of South Australia, Mortlock Library of South Australiana. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

Gibberd, Joyce, 'Minchin, Alfred Corker (1857-1934), zoo director' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 10: 1891 - 1939 Lat-Ner, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1986), pp. 523-524. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100513b.htm. Details

Resources

Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21537637. Details
'Minchin, Ronald Richard (1904-1940)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1467157. Details

McCarthy, G.J.

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