Frank Finn

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Frank Finn (* 1868 in Maidstone , Kent , England ; † October 1, 1932 ) was an English ornithologist.

Finn was educated at Maidstone Grammar School and Brasenose College , Oxford . In 1892 he took part in a collective expedition to East Africa . In 1894 he was the first assistant to the director at the Indian Museum in Calcutta and from 1895 to 1903 the deputy director. On his return to England he was editor of the Avicultural Magazine from 1909 to 1910 .

Finn was a distinguished writer. His works include How to Know the Indian Ducks (1901), Birds of Calcutta (1901), How to Know the Indian Waders (1906), Ornithological and other Oddities (1907), The Making of Species (1909, with Douglas Dewar) , Eggs and Nests of British Birds (1910), Wild Animals of Yesterday and Today (1915), Garden and Aviary Birds of India (1915) and Indian Sporting Birds (1915).

Literature on Frank Finn

  • Mullens, William Herbert & Swann, Harry Kirke (1917 / Reprint 1986) A Bibliography of British Ornithology ISBN 0-854-86098-3

Online versions of Frank Finn's works