S2A3 Biographical Database of Southern African Science

Kincaid, Mr Scott (shell collection)
Born: 1871, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom. Died: 19 October 1925, Cape Town, South Africa. Active in: SA.

Scott Kincaid, bookkeeper and shell collector, resided in Grahamstown, where he worked for a building firm. He collected non-marine molluscs, mainly in the Albany district, and exchanged information and specimens with H.C. Burnup* of Pietermaritzburg. After his death in 1925 his collection was sold. The marine mollusc Columbella kincaidi and the non-marine species Trachycystis kincaidi were named after him.

List of sources:
Barnard, K.H. Personal names in South African conchology. Cape Town: Conchological Society of Southern Africa, 1965.

FamilySearch: Scott Kincaid. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-95N7-9JGB?view=index&personArk=/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QM-XYJ5&action=view&cc=1779109 AND https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGPG-BRJJ

Herbert, D. & Kilburn, D. Field guide to the land snails and slugs of eastern South Africa. Pietermaritzburg: Natal Museum, 2004.

Kilburn, R. & Rippey, E. Sea shells of southern Africa. Johannesburg: Macmillan, 1982.

Compiled by: C. Plug

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