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Last Name Oates

Given Name Francis / Frank

alt. Names F. O. ;

Marriage

Children

Year born 1840 in Meanwoodside, near Leeds, Yorkshire

Year died 1875

Place of death

Father's occupation F.O. was the 2nd of 4 sons of Edward and Susan Oates

Relatives Antarctic explorer andCaptain Lawrence Oates (1880-1912) (nephew) ; brother William E. Oates; Robert Washington Oates (1874-1958) a cousin of Lawrence

Education 1861-64 in natural sciences at Christ Church College, Oxford;

Country of Activity South Africa

Worked for 1871: expedition to Central America; 1873-75 expedition to Africa from Durban, through Natal, Transvaal and finally to Matabeleland and the Victoria Falls;

Patronage Royal Geographical Society (Fellow since 1872)

Collaborators Thomas Bell (William’s servant) ;

Techniques botanical, zoological, and geographical drawing and painting ; hand-colouring

Sample(s) http://comestepbackintime.wordpress.com/2013/02/

Archival sources http://comestepbackintime.wordpress.com/2013/02/

Published sources

other Victorian explorer & keen amateur naturalist.

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