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William Ruxton Davison (died 25 January 1893) was a British ornithologist and collector. Davison was born in Burma but grew up mainly in Ootacamund in southern India. He worked as a private collector and museum curator for Allan Octavian Hume before taking up a position in 1887 as the first director of Raffles Museum in Singapore. He is thought to have committed suicide by opium overdose.

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  • William Ruxton Davison (mortis en 1893) estis brita ornitologo kaj kolektisto. Davison estis zorgisto de la Muzeo Raffles en Singapuro el 1887 al 1893. Antaŭ tio Davison laboris kiel kolektisto por Allan Octavian Hume. Li veturis je la konto de Hume en (Birmo) en la 1870-aj jaroj kaj kolektis tie 8,600 specimenojn. La rezulto de tio estis publikita en kuna artikolo de Davison kaj Hume, A Revised List of the Birds of Tenasserim (1878). Li estis konsiderata unu el la plej bonkvalitaj kamponaturalistoj de sia epoko. Davison estas rememorata en la nomo de la Blankanuka ibiso, Pseudibis davisoni, kaj en subspecio de la . (eo)
  • William Ruxton Davison est un ornithologue britannique, mort en 1893. Il est le conservateur du Muséum Raffles de Singapour de 1887 à 1893. Avec Allan Octavian Hume (1829-1912), il fait paraître A Revised List of the Birds of Tenasserim en 1878. Davison est aussi l’auteur d’autres publications notamment Notes on the nidification of some Burmese birds. Il voyage pour le compte d’A.O. Hume en Tanintharyi en Inde dans les années 1870 et récolte 8 600 spécimens. (fr)
  • William Ruxton Davison (died 25 January 1893) was a British ornithologist and collector. Davison was born in Burma but grew up mainly in Ootacamund in southern India. He worked as a private collector and museum curator for Allan Octavian Hume before taking up a position in 1887 as the first director of Raffles Museum in Singapore. He is thought to have committed suicide by opium overdose. (en)
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  • William Ruxton Davison est un ornithologue britannique, mort en 1893. Il est le conservateur du Muséum Raffles de Singapour de 1887 à 1893. Avec Allan Octavian Hume (1829-1912), il fait paraître A Revised List of the Birds of Tenasserim en 1878. Davison est aussi l’auteur d’autres publications notamment Notes on the nidification of some Burmese birds. Il voyage pour le compte d’A.O. Hume en Tanintharyi en Inde dans les années 1870 et récolte 8 600 spécimens. (fr)
  • William Ruxton Davison (died 25 January 1893) was a British ornithologist and collector. Davison was born in Burma but grew up mainly in Ootacamund in southern India. He worked as a private collector and museum curator for Allan Octavian Hume before taking up a position in 1887 as the first director of Raffles Museum in Singapore. He is thought to have committed suicide by opium overdose. (en)
  • William Ruxton Davison (mortis en 1893) estis brita ornitologo kaj kolektisto. Davison estis zorgisto de la Muzeo Raffles en Singapuro el 1887 al 1893. Antaŭ tio Davison laboris kiel kolektisto por Allan Octavian Hume. Li veturis je la konto de Hume en (Birmo) en la 1870-aj jaroj kaj kolektis tie 8,600 specimenojn. La rezulto de tio estis publikita en kuna artikolo de Davison kaj Hume, A Revised List of the Birds of Tenasserim (1878). Li estis konsiderata unu el la plej bonkvalitaj kamponaturalistoj de sia epoko. (eo)
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  • William Ruxton Davison (eo)
  • William Ruxton Davison (fr)
  • William Ruxton Davison (en)
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