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Letter, 10 September 1884
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CA MUA MG 1022-2-1-199-0024
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10 September 1884 (Creation)
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- Middleton, R. M. (Robert Morton), 1846-1909
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- Castle Eden (England)
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(1846-1909)
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Robert Morton Middleton was born on January 25, 1846, in Sowerby, Yorkshire, England.
He was a collector of natural history specimens and a Fellow of the Linnean Society (1880). He was also a missionary who spent two years in Chile on behalf of the Church Missionary Society. He collected in Chile and other parts of the world he visited. In 1890, he donated more than 3,000 specimens to McGill University. He corresponded with many naturalists of his day. He lived for a time in Tennessee, receiving a Smithsonian letter. After returning to England in 1892, he was a Temporary Assistant at the Natural History Museum until his death. A large portion of his collection is found at the Natural History Museum in London, England.
He died on August 8, 1909, in Wallington, Surrey, England.
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Letter from R.M. Middleton to John William Dawson, written from Castle Eden.
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2211/128