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Sayce, Octavius Albert (1862 - 1911)

Born
1862
Melbourne?, Victoria, Australia
Died
29 April 1911
"Maroondah", Upper Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Bacteriologist, Carcinologist and Naturalist

Summary

Octavius Sayce was a bacteriologist in Melbourne who was probably the first Australian to work on Crustaceae. He recognised the significance of Tasmanian Syncarida and published new taxa of phreatoicideans and freshwater asellotes. Sayce was an active member of the Field Naturalists Club and the Royal Society of Victoria. In 1911 the National Museum of Victoria purchased his collection of Crustaceae.

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1888
Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science

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  • Pescott, R. T. M., Collections of a century: the history of the first hundred years of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne (Melbourne: National Museum of Victoria, 1954), 186 pp. Details

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