Title: An exquisite legacy
Description: "George Hudson, 1867-1946, was one of New Zealand's pioneer naturalists, who devoted his life to collecting and describing the New Zealand insect fauna. He amassed what is probably the largest collection of New Zealand insects, now housed at Te Papa ... An Exquisite Legacy is the biography of Hudson, written by his grandson Dr George Gibbs, himself a prominent entomologist. Gibbs outlines the life of this naturalist and artist, whose dedication and output was prodigious"--Inside front cover.
Subjects: Entomologists, History, Biography, Natural history illustrators, Naturalists
Places: New Zealand
People: G. V. Hudson
Time periods: 20th century