| 词条 | William Henry Miskin |
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William Henry Miskin (1842 – 1913) was an Australian solicitor, politician and entomologist. Early lifeBorn at Guildford, England, William Henry Miskin moved to Victoria, Australia at age 9 and later to Brisbane. He started collecting butterflies as a boy. Professional lifeHe trained as a solicitor and was active in local government, becoming the founding President of the Shire of Toowong in 1880.[1][2] Miskin Street in Toowong is named after him.[3] EntomologyHe published numerous taxonomic papers on Lepidoptera from 1874 to 1892, including a description of Coscinocera hercules. In 1891 he published the Synonymical Catalogue of Butterflies of Australia.[1] He was the President of the Royal Society of Queensland in 1890 and a member of the board of trustees of the Queensland Museum.[1] Later lifeAfter having an affair with his domestic servant, he abandoned his wife. His wife divorced him in 1894.[4] She subsequently sold his collection and library were purchased by the Queensland Museum.[1] Miskin worked as a solicitor in Rockhampton until his death in 1913, taking no further role in public life.[5] Published works
References1. ^1 2 3 {{Citation|title=Biology of Australian butterflies|publication-date=1999|author1=Kitching, Roger Laurence|pages=11|publisher=CSIRO Publishing|isbn=978-0-643-05027-3}} 2. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article884657 |title=Official Notifications. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |volume=XXXV, |issue=4,123 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=7 August 1880 |accessdate=10 September 2017 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}} 3. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.toowong.org.au/street_names.pdf|title=Toowong History Group|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170910021641/http://www.toowong.org.au/street_names.pdf|archive-date=10 September 2017|dead-url=no|access-date=10 September 2017}} 4. ^{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article108888035|title=INTERCOLONIAL.|last=|first=|date=19 December 1894|newspaper=Evening News|accessdate=10 September 2017|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|issue=8595|location=New South Wales, Australia|page=3|via=National Library of Australia}} 5. ^{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71932022|title=DEATH OF MR. W. H. MISKIN.|date=18 October 1913|newspaper=The Capricornian|accessdate=10 September 2017|issue=42|location=Queensland, Australia|volume=38,|page=18|via=National Library of Australia}} External links
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