Henry Travers (naturalist) explained

Henry Travers
Birth Name:Henry Hammersley Travers
Birth Date:1844
Birth Place:Hythe, Kent, England
Death Date:16 January 1926
Death Place:Wellington, New Zealand
Nationality:New Zealand
Occupation:Naturalist, collector, taxidermist
Education:Nelson College
Relatives:William Travers (father)

Henry Hammersley Travers (1844 – 16 February 1928) was a New Zealand naturalist, professional collector and taxidermist. He was the son of the politician William Travers.

Born in Hythe, Kent, England, in 1844,[1] and baptised at Cheriton, Kent, on 13 October of that year,[2] Travers was the son of William Thomas Locke Travers and Jane Travers (née Oldham). The family emigrated to New Zealand by the ship Kelso in 1849. Travers was educated at Nelson College from 1856 to 1860.[3]

Specimens collected by Travers are in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.[4]

Travers collected some of the last known specimens of Lyall's wren, selling them to the Colonial Museum (now Te Papa), Otago Museum and Walter Rothschild.[5]

Travers died in Wellington on 16 February 1928.[6]

Species

The following species and one genus were named in his honour:[7] [8]

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Book: Cyclopedia of New Zealand (Wellington Provincial District) . Travers, Henry Hammersley . 1897 . Cyclopedia Company . Wellington . 28 January 2017.
  2. Web site: England, select births and christenings, 1538–1975 . 2014 . Ancestry.com Operations . 28 January 2017 . subscription .
  3. Book: Full school list of Nelson College, 1856–2005 . Nelson College Old Boys' Register, 1856–2006 . 2006 . 6th . CD-ROM.
  4. Web site: Travers, Henry . Collections Online . Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa . 16 July 2010.
  5. Galbreath. R. Brown. D. 2004. The tale of the lighthouse-keeper's cat: Discovery and extinction of the Stephens Island wren (Traversia lyalli).. Notornis. 51. 193–200. 14 September 2020. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051737/http://notornis.osnz.org.nz/system/files/Notornis_51_4_193.pdf. dead.
  6. News: Deaths . 16 February 1928 . Evening Post . 28 January 2017 . 1.
  7. Buchanan. John. John Buchanan (botanist). Hector. James. Art. XLI.–Additions to the Flora of New Zealand.. 9 December 1882. 15. 339. 7 February 2018. en. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 1778777. This addition to the flora of New Zealand was discovered in the bush, Collingwood district, Nelson, by Mr. H. H. Travers, while on a recent visit there..
  8. Bubelis. Walt. New Zealand Plants and their Collectors. Washington Park Arboretum Bulletin. Winter 2013. 24–25. 1046-8749. 487128332. 7 February 2018. en. He not only helped create the Wellington Botanic Garden but saw his passionate love of nature picked up by his son Henry (1844 -1928), who became a naturalist and professional collector. Henry Travers is responsible for the names Pseudowintera traversii, Veronica traversii, and Pimelea traversii.. 8 February 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180208123653/https://www.arboretumfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/bubelis-NZ-plants-2.pdf. dead.

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