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Cookson, Harold (1876-1969)
Farmer and amateur butterfly and moth collector. Lived in Muden, Natal and
then in the Vumba Mountains in what was then Rhodesia.
Chronology
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1876 |
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Born in England on the 17 December. |
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Went to school at Harrow. |
1898 |
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Through to 1907 travelled most of the continents and through Central
Africa, Uganda and Zaire to Zambia. |
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Did mineral prospecting in Zambia; also big game hunting. |
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Did sheep farming in Western Australia. |
1946 |
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He and his two sons bought a fruit farm in Muden, Natal. Collected
Lepidoptera extensively in the area. |
1957 |
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Sold the fruit farm and moved to the lower Vumba Mountains in Rhodesia.
Collected Lepidoptera, especially light trapping of hawk moths. Son David
gradually took over. |
1966 |
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Son David died tragically. |
1969 |
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Died |
Specimens
Housed in the Transvaal Museum and Durban Natural Science
Museum.
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