Herbert Hutchinson Brimley
British zoologist
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| Intro | British zoologist | |
| Places | United Kingdom Great Britain | |
| was | Zoologist | |
| Work field | Biology | |
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| Birth | 7 March 1861, Willington | |
| Death | 4 April 1946Raleigh (aged 85 years) |
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Biography
Herbert Hutchinson Brimley (7 March 1861 – 4 April 1946) was a self-trained zoologist and long-time director of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. His brother, C.S. Brimley, was also a zoologist who worked at the same museum. Both Brimley brothers are buried at Historic Oakwood Cemetery in Raleigh.
References and external links
- Collecting Nature: The Beginning of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences--accessed 19 June 2008
- North Carolina State Archives Photo Gallery--Herbert Hutchinson Brimley--accessed 19 June 2008
- University of Iowa, Museum of Natural History--A Whale for Iowa--accessed 19 June 2008
- Historic Oakwood Cemetery--grave listings, accessed 27 June 2008
- Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Sciences Collection--accessed 19 June 2008
- Herbert Hutchinson Brimley, 1949. A North Carolina Naturalist: H.H. Brimley: Selections from His Writings. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press, 205 pp.