Person
King, Robert Lethbridge (1823 - 1897)
- Born
- February 1823
at sea en route to England - Died
- 24 July 1897
Stanmore, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Entomologist
Summary
Robert King, a son of P.P. King (qv) and a minister of religion, was the incumbent of St John's Church, Parramatta. He was a member of the Australian Museum Committee 1848-1853 and an Elective Trustee 1853-1858.
Related entries
Parent
Archival resources
Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales
- King Family - Records, 1843 - 1897, ML MSS 673; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
Published resources
Books
- Musgrave, A., Bibliography of Australian entomology, 1775-1930: with biographical notes on authors and collectors (Sydney: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, 1932), 380 pp. Details
Book Sections
- Cable, K. J., 'King, Robert Lethbridge (1823-1897)' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 5: 1851 - 1890 K-Q, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1974), pp. 30-31. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A050036b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q22114403. Details
- 'King, R L (1823-1897)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-610071. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 2 March 2018
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