AH
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Ethnologist, biologist, museum director
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Male
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Birth:
1 March 1853
Death:
12 October 1913
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Biography
Augustus Hamilton (1 March 1853 – 12 October 1913) was a New Zealand ethnologist, biologist and museum director. He was born in Poole, Dorset, England on 1 March 1853. He wrote on the fishing and seafoods of the ancient Māori people. He also wrote on the art workmanship of the Maori in New Zealand with a series of illustrations (from photographs).