Edmund William Hunt Holdsworth
1829–1915
Naturalist. Secretary to the Commision of Inquiry into the sea fisheries of the United Kingdom, 1863–5. Investigated the state of the pearl fishery in Ceylon (Sri Lanka), 1864–9.
Sources
Collinge copm. 1984, no. 107
Fergusson and Fergusson 1888, pp. 383
NUC.
Bibliography
Fergusson, Alastair Mackenzie and Fergusson, John. 1888. All about gold, gems, and pearls (also minerals generally) in Ceylon and southern India. 2d edition. Columbo: A. M. & J. Fergusson. London: John Haddon & Co., [and others].
NUC: The national union catalog. Pre-1956 imprints. 685 vols. and supplement (69 vols.). London and Chicago: Mansell. 1968–81.
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