Morton Allport earned his scientific reputation by grave robbing human remains and killing soon-to-be-extinct Tasmanian tigers before shipping them to Europe.
  • incogtino@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    7 months ago

    In the present day, a ‘Victorian’ would be a person from the neighbouring state of Victoria. In the article, Victorian refers to the time period

    The naturalist resided in Hobart, and would therefore be a Victorian Tasmanian naturalist

    • Pons_Aelius@kbin.social
      4·
      7 months ago

      a Victorian Tasmanian naturalist

      Or possibly a Victorian Van Diemen’s Land naturalist as Morton Allport was there before the name change in 1856.