Alpheus Hyatt Verrill fonds. 1950-1954.

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Alpheus Hyatt Verrill fonds. 1950-1954.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/607067880

The fonds consists of the unpublished manuscript for Verrills book Never a Dull Moment, and several letters.

6.5 cm of textual records.

University of British Columbia Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7783615

University of British Columbia Library

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Verrill, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt), 1871-1954

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A. Hyatt Verrill was born in 1838 in the United States. An archaeologist, explorer, inventor, illustrator, Verrill was also a prolific author, writing on extremely diverse subjects such as whaling, travel, natural history and the radio. This writing resulted in the publication of more than 100 books, including several science fiction novels written under the pseudonym Ray Ainsbury. Verrill served as the natural history editor of Websters International Dictionary in 1896, and invented the autochr...