In 1891 LAM
took her fish paintings to Albert Charles Günther
, the British Museum
ichthyologist. He admired them, but to her annoyance proclaimed them unsound scientific records because, although beautiful and correct, for scientific...
Instructor
Mary Kingsley
MK
began to study under Albert Karl Günther
, Keeper of the Zoological Department at the British Museum
and specialist in the study of fish and reptiles.
Frank, Katherine. A Voyager Out: The Life of Mary Kingsley. Houghton Mifflin.
95-6
Occupation
Mary Kingsley
For Kingsley's voyage the following year on behalf of the British Museum
, Günther
commissioned her to collect freshwater fish from the region between the Niger and Congo rivers, and he arranged for her to...
Literary responses
Mary Kingsley
A reader wishing to assess the scientific value of Kingsley's collection needs to supplement her essay with Doctor Günther
's Report on a Collection of Reptiles and Fishes made by Miss M. H. Kingsley during...