C. B. Kloss
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Name
Cecil B. Kloss
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Dates
1877 - 1949
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Roles
Collector, Determiner
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Movement Details
Malaysia, British North Borneo (=Sabah)
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Notes
Collector Notes: Br. North Borneo (Sabah): A, NY, UC
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From Wikipedia.org (2 Sep 2014):
Cecil Boden Kloss
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cecil Boden Kloss (1877–1949) was an English zoologist. He was an expert on the mammals and birds of Southeast Asia.
In the early 20th century, Kloss accompanied the American naturalist William Louis Abbott in exploring the Andaman and Nicobar islands. During the years 1912-1913 Kloss participated in the 2nd Wollaston Expedition to Dutch New Guinea, led by British medical doctor and explorer A.F.R. Sandy Wollaston, in the capacity of zoologist. From 1908 he worked under Herbert Christopher Robinson at the museum in Kuala Lumpur. He was Director of the Raffles Museum from 1923 to 1932.
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