| 词条 | Harry Scott Thornicroft |
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Thornicroft was born in St Pancras, London,[5] the son of coal merchant Thomas Thornicroft and his wife, Matilda.[6] In Rhodesia, Harry Thornicroft married a local woman and had 11 children,[4] including Gaston Thornicroft, later a leader of the coloured community.[7] Thornicroft's Giraffe, a subspecies of giraffe endemic to the Luangwa Valley, is named after him, from a specimen which he had shot and sent to the Natural History Museum, London, where it was displayed.[1][4][8] He died in Northern Rhodesia.[9] References1. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://www.lowdown.co.zm/2004/2004-10/trulyzambian.htm|title=Truly Zambian|date=October 2004|work=The Lowdown|accessdate=27 July 2012|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://archive.is/20041109083309/http://www.lowdown.co.zm/2004/2004-10/trulyzambian.htm|archivedate=9 November 2004|df=}} {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Thornicroft, Harry Scott}}2. ^London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1917 3. ^1 {{cite book|title=Who's who of Southern Africa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bBoUAAAAIAAJ|year=1937|publisher=K. Donaldson.|page=236}} 4. ^1 2 {{cite book|last=McCarthy|first=Michael|title=Say Goodbye to the Cuckoo|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H5VJe4HGDKUC&pg=PT42|accessdate=27 July 2012|date=2010-03-04|publisher=John Murray|isbn=9781848543829|page=42}} 5. ^England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915 6. ^1871 England Census 7. ^{{cite journal|last=Macmillan|first=Hugh|date=December 2000|title=Book review|journal=Journal of Southern African Studies|publisher=Taylor & Francis|volume=26|issue=4 Special Issue: African Environments: Past and Present|pages=863–865|jstor=2637576}} 8. ^{{cite journal|last=Chituta|first=Diana|year=1985|title=Giraffa camelopardalis thornicrofti|journal=Black Lechwe|publisher=Wild Life Conservation Society of Zambia|issue=9|pages=29–35}} 9. ^England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995 5 : 1868 births|1944 deaths|Zambian judges|Northern Rhodesia judges|British hunters |
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