Record

Code	PX495
Dates	1881-1968
Person Name	Bishop; Augustus Hastings (1881-1968); Taxidermist
Surname	Bishop
Forenames	Augustus Hastings
Epithet	Taxidermist
Activity	Museum Staff: Worked at Messrs E Ripley, taxidermists of Richmond, Surrey for 3 years. Worked as volunteer at Museum from 1904. Appointed temporary taxidermist, 1906. In 1911 he was sent bird-collecting in Ireland. In 1913 he accompanied Dr David A. Bannerman on an expedition to the Canary Islands. In Royal Naval Air Service 1916-1919. Appointed articulator on permanent staff in Department of Zoology 1919, taxidermist 1921, technical assistant 1st class 1932. Mostly worked on birds, sent bird collecting in Ireland 1911. Went on David Bannerman's ornithology expedition to the Canary Islands, 1913. Served in Royal Naval Air Service 1916-19. Relocated to Tring 1939. At Tring, and continuing after retirement in 1946, he worked on the cleaning and re-making of batches of bird skins being sent down regularly from South Kensington for treatment and also on the storage of 'duplicate' specimens for which there was no room at South Kensington. In 1959 he sorts and starts to register the nest collection stored at Tring. He was still working at Tring in the mid nineteen sixties and died in 1968. Tring correspondent

Catalogue

RefNo	Title
DF/BOT/400/10/7	Bishop, Augustus Hastings (Switzerland)
DF/ADM/1005/14	Bishop, Augustus H
DF/ZOO/200/119/34	Bishop, Augustus Hastings
DF/ZOO/237/4/23	Weights and Measurements of British Birds compiled by A H Bishop
DF/ZOO/230/5/30	Bishop, Augustus H
DF/PAL/100/83/3	Bishop, A H (Tring)
DF/ZOO/208/46	Staff file: Bishop, Augustus H
DF/TRI/3000/7/22	Officer in Charge - J E Dandy. Superintendent - C L Rance
DF/PH/2/1/4/4	Staff Group Photograph: 'The Establishment' (Full Staff Photograph)
DF/PH/2/1/4/3	Staff Group Photograph: 'The Establishment' (Full Staff Photograph)
DF/TR/1/1/26/48	Bishop, [Augustus] H
DF/PH/2/1/4/1	Staff Group Photograph: 'The Establishment' (Full Staff Photograph)
DF/TRI/3000/7/23	Officer in Charge - J E Dandy. Superintendent - C L Rance
DF/PH/3/1/1283	Gallery Photograph Album 2: Augustus H Bishop with African Elephant Tusks
DF/ZOO/232/12/1/3	Hayman, Robert William: Correspondence, B
DF/ZOO/232/12/3/2	Hayman, Robert William: Correspondence, 1953, B
DF/ZOO/232/12/3/28	Hayman, Robert William: Correspondence, 1954, T
DF/ZOO/232/12/3/46	Hayman, Robert William: Correspondence, 1955, T
DF/ZOO/232/12/4/15	Hayman, Robert William: Correspondence, 1956, T
DF/ZOO/232/12/4/35	Hayman, Robert William: Correspondence, 1957, T
DF/ZOO/232/12/5/13	Hayman, Robert William: Correspondence, 1958, T
DF/ZOO/232/12/5/16	Hayman, Robert William: Correspondence, 1959, A-B
DF/ZOO/232/12/6/1	Hayman, Robert William: Correspondence, 1960, A-B
DF/ZOO/232/12/7/2	Hayman, Robert William: Correspondence, 1961, B
DF/ZOO/232/12/8/2	Hayman, Robert William: Correspondence, 1962, B
DF/ZOO/232/12/9/2	Hayman, Robert William: Correspondence, 1963, B
DF/ZOO/232/12/10/3	Hayman, Robert William: Correspondence, 1964, B
DF/ZOO/232/12/11/1	Hayman, Robert William: Correspondence, 1965, A-C

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