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Victor Van Someren

Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren (1886 in Melbourne – 24 July 1976) was a zoologist and entomologist. Van Someren was born in Australia. He attended George Watson's College and studied zoology at University of Edinburgh.[citation needed] He was also a dentist.[1] Van Someren moved to Kenya in 1912[1] and lived in Nairobi. He was in the East Africa and Uganda Natural History Society and became Honorary Secretary.[2] In 1930 he became Curator of the Coryndon Museum.[citation needed] Van Someren named a number of bird and butterfly species.[citation needed]

Species named after him include the fish Labeobarbus somereni.[citation needed]

  1. ^ a b Crozier, Anna (January 2005). The Colonial Medical Officer and colonial identity: Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania before World War Two (PDF) (Doctor of Philosophy thesis). University College London. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  2. ^ East Africa and Uganda Natural History Society (1921). The Journal of the East Africa and Uganda Natural History Society. Vol. [v.6]=no.16-20 (1921-1924). London: Longmans, Green. pp. Title page.

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