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from a goose and the proboscis of a blow-fly. He was a captain and an adjutant in the 1st Native veteran Battalion of the Indian Army. He exhibited his first photographs of old temples in 1857 at a meeting of the Photographic Society of Bengal, which also earned praise in the Madras Journal of
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Mitchell helped establish the Museum Library which later became the Connemara Public Library, acquiring books, often second-hand to stock it. It was opened in June 1862. Mitchell died while in service and is buried at St. George's Cathedral, Madras.
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and Dr. A.C. Brisbane Neill. He also published notes from the museum such as one on the
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Aiyappan, A. (1951) Madras Government Museum Centenary Souvenir (1851-1951). p. 14
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Literature and Science. In 1858 he showed some negatives at a meeting of the
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Impressed by Light: British Photographs from Paper Negatives, 1840-1860
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Government Museum, Chennai
Edward Balfour
George Bidie
Soldier
museum curator
Government Museum, Madras
Edward Balfour
Phthiraptera
Photographic Society of Madras
Linnaeus Tripe
Indian climbing perch
"Photography and photomicrography in 19th century Madras"
Madras Journal of Literature and Science 1859:182
"Description of plain or waxed paper process in photography"
"On the climbing habits of Anabas scandens"
doi
10.1080/00222936408681585


Handbook of the Madras Government Museum
Categories
British Indian Army officers
1812 births
1872 deaths

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