biography
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| male
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| lived:
| (1836–77)
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| biography:
| Naturalist and consular official, born in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), E India. He went to Hong Kong in 1854, and was posted to Amoy in 1855. He was on the naval expedition that captured Beijing, negotiated the Treaty of Tiensin (1860), and became British consul in Formosa (1861–6), Amoy (1866–9), and Ningpo (1871–5). He compiled the first checklist of Chinese birds (1871). Swinhoe's pheasant, Swinhoe's petrel, and Swinhoe's snipe are all named after him. |
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