Record

CodePX2767
Dates1906-1986
Person NameBrunner; Alec Frederick Fraser- (1906-1986); Artist, aquarist and ichthyologist
SurnameBrunner
ForenamesAlec Frederick Fraser-
EpithetArtist, aquarist and ichthyologist
ActivityMade models and artwork for new Fish Gallery 1931. Employed part time at the NHM to work on Plectognathi from 1934 (grants supplied periodically until 1955). Worked at Godstone Quarry with evacuated spirit collections during WW2. Later worked for the Colonial Office (survey of fish in Gulf of Aden), the Food & Agriculture Organisation (UN), 1956 Curator of Van Kleef [King George V] Aquarium in Singapore, 1970 Curator of Carnegia Aquarium, Edinburgh Zoo. Vice President of the Federation of British Aquatic Societies 1974 (helped its formation in 1938).
Catalogue
RefNoTitle
DF/ZOO/203/17Godstone Quarry: work of A Fraser-Brunner
DF/ZOO/200/120/26Brunner, A Fraser-
DF/ZOO/208/79/19Brunner, Alec Fraser
DF/ZOO/212/11Fraser-Brunner, A
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