Edward Banks

Edward Banks

Edward H. (Bill) Banks (1903 – 1988) was a British administrator and amateur naturalist who served as a District Officer in Sarawak during the period of the White Rajahs. He was also Curator of the Sarawak Museum in Kuching from 1925 to 1945, including a period of internment during the Japanese occupation of Sarawak in the Second World War.

Publications

As well as articles in scientific journals, Banks authored the following books:
* Banks, E. (1949). "A Naturalist in Sarawak". Kuching Press: Kuching, Sarawak.
* Banks, E. (1949). "Bornean Mammals". Kuching Press: Kuching, Sarawak.
* Banks, E. (c.1963). "The Green Desert". Author.

References

* Heimann, Judith M. (1999). "The Most Offending Soul Alive: Tom Harrisson and His Remarkable Life". University of Hawai'i Press: Honolulu. ISBN 0-8248-2149-1
* Nicholl, Robert (1989). Edward Banks (obituary). Brunei Museum Journal 7(1),71


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