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George Humphrey (naturalist)

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John Wilfred Jackson, A letter from George Humphrey to William Swainson, 1815, Journal of Conchology, 20 (1937), pp. 332–7; British Library, Add MS 42071, ff. 123-145
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Michael P. Cooper, "Keeping it in the Family: the Humphreys, Forsters and Heulands", Matrix : a journal of the history of minerals,. vol.9, no.1 (2001), p. 3-31
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Catalogue of Manufactures, Mechanical Performances and other Inventions of the Natives of the new-discovered, or but seldom visited Countries in the pacific Ocean.
91: 111: 24: 106: 116: 43: 126: 121: 42:, London. His sister Elizabeth (1735–1816) married a leading international mineral dealer 8: 30:
Humphrey purchased and sold "curiosities", notably shells, insect and bird specimens and
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specimens. Much of his stock was purchased from ships' crews, in particular from
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Adrienne L.Kaeppler, 'Holophusicon, the Leverian Museum', 2011, p. 107
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F.D. Steinheimer The whereabouts of pre-nineteenth century bird specimens
20: 31: 38:'s voyages. His 1810 address was 48 Long Acre, 4 Leicester Street, 98: 90:79-3 (5), 30-ix-2005, 45–67.— ISSN 0024-0672. 99: 54:George Humphrey wrote and published: 46:and she ran Forster's London shop. 13: 112:English natural history collectors 14: 138: 49: 19:(c. 1739–1826) was an English 1: 71: 7: 10: 143: 44:Adolarius Jacob Forster 66:Museum Humfredianum. 58:Humphrey, G., 1782. 107:English naturalists 64:Humphrey, G., 1799 117:English merchants 88:Zool. Med. Leiden 134: 40:Leicester Square 142: 141: 137: 136: 135: 133: 132: 131: 97: 96: 74: 52: 17:George Humphrey 12: 11: 5: 140: 130: 129: 124: 119: 114: 109: 95: 94: 84: 81: 78: 73: 70: 69: 68: 62: 51: 48: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 139: 128: 125: 123: 120: 118: 115: 113: 110: 108: 105: 104: 102: 93: 89: 85: 82: 79: 76: 75: 67: 63: 61: 57: 56: 55: 47: 45: 41: 37: 33: 28: 26: 22: 18: 127:1730s births 87: 65: 59: 53: 50:Bibliography 36:Captain Cook 32:ethnographic 29: 16: 15: 122:1826 deaths 101:Categories 72:References 21:auctioneer 25:dealer 23:and 92:pdf 103:: 27:.

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auctioneer
dealer
ethnographic
Captain Cook
Leicester Square
Adolarius Jacob Forster
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English naturalists
English natural history collectors
English merchants
1826 deaths
1730s births

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