Papers of Alcock, Alfred William (1859-1933) 1906-1920s

Alcock | Alfred William |1859-1933 | zoologist

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Alfred William Alcock was born in Bombay on June 23 1859, the son of Captain John Alcock. Alcock's school years at Westminster were cut short by his father's financial difficulties, he was sent to India at the age of 17, to relatives in the coffee trade. For five years he tried out a number of jobs including schooolmastering; during this time he became interested in science, helped by Michael Foster's physiology textbook. In 1881 a brother-in-law, an officer in the Indian Civil Serv...

Alcock, A. (Alfred), 1859-1933

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