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[ca. 1865] (Creation)
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4 cm of textual records (1 volume)
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William Hincks (ca. 1793-1871) was a Presbyterian and Unitarian clergyman as well as a natural historian. Hincks was born in Cork, Ireland, on April 16, 1794, and spent much of his career as a social reformer, advocating the abolition of slavery, and promoting a shorter work week. He emigrated to Toronto in 1853 to take up a position as Professor of Natural History at University College. While there, he published his catalogue of birds of ‘western Canada' (now Ontario). He served as editor of the journal of the Canadian Institute, as well as contributing numerous papers on natural history and other topics. He went on to become president of the Canadian Institute. The specimens he accumulated while at the University of Toronto later became part of the Royal Ontario Museum - Library and Archives's collections.
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Fonds consists of a copy of the 'Catalogue of specimens in the several departments of Natural History forming the Museum of the University of Toronto.' Only birds are listed in the catalogue. The volume opens with an introductory note discussing the history of specimen collecting and the formation of a museum at the University of Toronto. This is followed by an index that lists vertebrate, articulate, and Mollusca families. The catalogue begins on page 26 with a note written January 1865 which explains the organization of the specimens in the collection. The volume then lists the species of the specimens in the collection as well as providing information on where they were purchased and, occasionally, who prepared them. Interspersed with the catalogue are notes discussing the orders of birds. There are also pencil annotations to the text, which are probably later additions, which provide information on new acquisitions as well as changes to the collection.
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See also RG 140-01: ROM Copy negatives, positives, and originals, image #AR-0001229
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Biographical information from: Cranmer-Byng, Jack, and Martin K. McNicholl. Ornithology in Ontario. Whitby, Ont.: Hawk Owl, 1994.