Castle, Amy (1880–?)
Castle, Amy (1880–?)
New Zealand entomologist. Born May 9, 1880, at Maori Gully, near Greymouth, New Zealand; dau. of Henry Samuel Castle (storekeeper) and Ellen (Wilson) Castle.
Worked as photographic assistant at Dominion Museum in Wellington (1907); assumed responsibility for entomology collection (1913–31); participated in numerous expeditions to collect specimens (1920s); fellow of Entomological Society of London; contributed articles to New Zealand Journal of Science and Technology (early 1920s).
See also Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (Vol. 4).
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