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Millar, Alfred Duchesne (1858-1911)
Lawyer and amateur naturalist associated with Durban Natural Science
Museum.
| Date |
Age |
Event(s) |
| 1858 |
0 |
Born in Durban to John and Ellen Millar. |
| ? |
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Educated in Durban. |
| ? |
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Involved in the legal profession in Natal. |
| ?-? |
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Vice-president of the Natal Law Society. |
| 1895 |
37 |
Joined the Committee of the Durban Museum. |
| 10 May 1911 |
53 |
Died in Durban. |
"Millar devoted virtually all his spare time to the pursuit of natural
history, particularly in the fields of ornithology and entomology, where his
collecting prowess won him no small measure of renown." (Clancey, 1981).
"Associated closely with the Durban N.S.
Museum through generous donations of insects, mainly butterflies." (C.
Quickelberg pers. comm.).
Nephew of Tom Ayres.
Specimens collected
"Most of his collection of birds' eggs passed into the possession of the
Durban Museum along with his extensive series of Southern African butterflies,
which, however, do not possess the scientific value of the egg clutches, lacking
as they do much field data." (Clancey, 1981).
Donation to SAM: 1894, 1896 (D'Urban).
References
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Clancey, P.A. 1981. Millar, Alfred Duchesne.
In: In Dictionary of
South African Biography Volume IV (ed. C.J. Beyers [check]). Tafelberg-Uitgewers,
Cape Town, pp. 360-361.
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