Hyphantornis camburni Sharpe, 1900 & Tchitrea camburni Neumann, 1908 (1 Viewer)

[Taphrospilus]

Hyphantornis camburni Sharpe, 1900 OD here (Think 1890 as in The Eponym Dictionary of Birds is not correct.)
Tchitrea camburni Neumann, 1908 OD here

C.F. Camburn coll.

The Eponym Dictionary of Birds claims

Golden Weaver sp. Hyphantornis camburni Sharpe, 1890 NCR [Alt. Holub's Golden Weaver; JS Ploceus xanthops]
Paradise-flycatcher sp. Tchitrea camburni Neumann, 1908 NCR [Alt. Bedford's Paradise-flycatcher; JS Terpsiphone bedfordi]
Claude Fowler Camburn (fl.1902) was a taxidermist and skinner for Witherby in Kenya (1901) and the Congo (1906). He was in the party led by Mackinder that collected on and climbed Mount Kenya (1899). He was a partner in a nursery garden in Kent until the partnership was dissolved (1918).

The Key to Scientific Names

Claude Fowler Camburn (fl. 1902) British taxidermist, collector in Kenya and the Congo (syn. Ploceus xanthops, syn. Terpsiphone bedfordi).

Looks like he is born c. 1876 Bow, Middlesex, England here. Maybe get his full life dates here? Here as...

Can you find any directory listings for Claude Fowler Camburn (1875-1945). In 1911 census he was with Edwin as a nurseryman in Hextable, Swanley Junction and when he enlisted in the army in 1916 he was listed as a market grower and entered the Royal Army Veterinary Corps. He married in 1926 Maude Evelyn Doyle (1876-1941) in Yorkshire (where his wife lived at the time of the marriage). In 1941 he and his wife were living at Hull,98 Firehall Road, Hawley (near Dartford, Kent). Claude died Oct 26,1945 at the Torbay Hospital, Torquay Devon but his residence was given in probate records as 98 Firehall Rd, Hawley.

 

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According to:

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www.europeansineastafrica.co.uk

b. 16 Aug 1875, Bow, London
d. 26 Oct 1945, Torbay, Devon