Angus Finlay Hutton, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Angus Finlay Hutton

British naturalist

Date of Birth: 08-Apr-1928

Date of Death: 30-Oct-2016

Profession: naturalist

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Angus Finlay Hutton

  • Angus Finlay Hutton (8 April 1928-30 October 2016) was a British naturalist born in India.
  • Working in the High Wavy range, he discovered a species of pit viper that is now named after him as Hutton's pit viper (Tropidolaemus huttoni ).
  • He also collected a species of bat that was later named as Salim Ali's fruit bat (Latidens salimali ) after Indian ornithologist Salim Ali.
  • Until his death is 2016, Hutton was the oldest living member of the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS).
  • He helped set up butterfly gardens in Southeast Asia before settling in Queensland, Australia.

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