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Brooks, Allan Cyrill

1869–1946

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Biografía

He was the son of an engineer in the East Indian Railway.

He came with his family to Canada in 1881 settling near Milton Ontario.

He came to BC in 1887.

He first visited the Comox Valley in 1903.

He was a well-known book illustrator and avid hunter and naturalist.

He lived in Okanagan Landing BC.

In 1919 he moved to Comox.

He donated a collection of of 9000 bird specimens along with his notes to the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at Berkeley California.

Servicio militar

He was appointed as a Lieutenant (Militia).

He joined the army in World War One in the First Canadian Contingent.

Referencias

  • Isenor, D.E., W.N. McInnis, E.G. Stephens and D.E. Watson. (1987)
  • Campbell, R. Wayne, Neil Dawe, Ian McTaggart-Cowan, John Cooper, Gary Kaiser and Michael McNall (1990)
  • Francis, Dan (Ed.) (2000)

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