S2A3 Biographical Database of Southern African Science



Tucker, Mr A (insect collection)

Born: Date not known, Place not known.
Died: Date not known, Place not known.
Active in: SA.

A. Tucker presented insects to the South African Museum, Cape Town, during the last two decades of the nineteenth century: Colleoptera (beetles) from Griqualand West in 1885, ants from Kimberley in 1886, and specimens from Robben Island in 1896.


List of sources:

Cape of Good Hope. Report of the trustees of the South African Museum, 1885.

[Robertson, H.G.] Biodiversity explorers, at http://www.biodiversityexplorer.org/people as on 4 March 2021.


Compiled by: C. Plug

Last updated: 2021-03-04 12:30:59


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