Author talk:Charles Hepburn Robson
Marine specimens and Mr Robson
[edit]Specimens of rare sea life were donated to the Colonial Museum by "Mr Robson" in 1875. No records found on Te Papa website however.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM18750116.2.33
New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4313, 16 January 1875, Page 6 Noracrentiss (talk) 09:14, 30 March 2023 (UTC)
C H Robson gave a paper to the Wellington Philosophical Society "On the habits of the frost fish"
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP18751005.2.10
Evening Post, Volume XII, Issue 83, 5 October 1875, Page 2
There are many C H Robson entries in Papers Past describing marine and other specimens as the subject of papers and donations to Museums. There was a lighthouse keeper called Charles H Robson at Manakau Heads but it is unclear whether this is C H Robson or C W Robson or simply another "C H Robson"
https://www.angelfire.com/ga3/gretasplace/Resources/LighthouseKeepers.html
"The Chairman then read a paper on a “ New Giant Cuttlefish,' by Mr Robson, the llghthousekeeper at Cape Campbell." https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM18860805.2.7
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM18740722.2.10 refers to C H Robson at Cape Campbell Lighthouse
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OAM18791229.2.17.3 Charles Hepburn Robson, lighthouse keeper at Moeraki. Lots of articles about lighthouse keeper C H Robson finding unusual fish, and he can be traced moving from one lighthouse to another. Concclusion that this is Charles Hepburn Robson.