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Richard Lubbock

1798–1876

Clergyman and naturalist. BA, Cambridge, 1820. Ordained deacon, 1821; priest, 1824. Rector of Eccles, Norfolk, 1837–76. Member of the committee of the Norwich Museum from 1831; lectured frequently there on natural history. Wrote Observations on the fauna of Norfolk and was especially expert on birds of the region.

Sources

Alum. Cantab.

Transactions of the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists’ Society 2 (1874–9): 292–306.

Bibliography

Alum. Cantab.: Alumni Cantabrigienses. A biographical list of all known students, graduates and holders of office at the University of Cambridge, from the earliest times to 1900. Compiled by John Venn and J. A. Venn. 10 vols. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1922–54.

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