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G. C. K. Dunsterville

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and worked in various countries. He married Ellinor "Nora" Freeman in 1929; they had two daughters. Dunsterville had never liked his given names, and when a co-worker and Kipling fan nicknamed him "Stalky", it stuck. In 1947 the Dunstervilles were transferred to Venezuela, where Dunsterville would
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and after retirement devoted himself to orchids full-time, traveling around Venezuela with his wife to draw and collect them. His collaboration with Garay led to the six-volume
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In the early 1950s, he became interested in Venezuela's native orchids, initially as subjects for painting. He made contact with the orchidologist
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and later became a major-general) and his wife, the former Margaret "Daisie" Keyworth. Galfrid took a degree in mining engineering from the
72:(1979). He also published over 250 articles on orchids, solo or co-authored with his wife, Garay, and others. His book with Ellinor, 226: 116: 49: 252: 57:
live for the rest of his life. He became the president of Shell in Venezuela in 1957 and retired in 1959.
230: 262: 257: 35: 19:(February 18, 1905 – November 26, 1988) was a business executive and a botanist who studied the 61: 39: 44: 120: 246: 90: 145: 76:(1988), was a collection of 64 articles that had originally appeared in the 53: 24: 176: 96: 88:
Garay named two genera, each with only one known species, after him:
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Orchid Hunting in the Lost World (And Elsewhere in Venezuela)
177:"G. C. K. Dunsterville, 1905-1988: An Appreciation" 115:is used to indicate this person as the author when 70:Orchids of Venezuela: An Illustrated Field Guide 17:Galfrid Clement Keyworth "Stalky" Dunsterville 8: 133: 196: 194: 146:"Obituary: Mr. G. C. K. Dunsterville" 38:(who inspired the title character of 7: 170: 168: 166: 139: 137: 14: 78:American Orchid Society Bulletin 227:International Plant Names Index 181:Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 175:Gustavo A. Romero (July 1989). 66:Venezuelan Orchids Illustrated 1: 279: 144:G. H. Webb (March 1990). 52:in 1925. He then joined 50:University of Birmingham 68:(finished in 1976) and 153:The Kipling Journal 106:author abbreviation 36:Lionel Dunsterville 215:(2–3): 189. 2010. 270: 237: 236: 223: 217: 216: 206: 198: 189: 188: 172: 161: 160: 150: 141: 124: 114: 113: 112: 45:Stalky & Co. 278: 277: 273: 272: 271: 269: 268: 267: 243: 242: 241: 240: 225: 224: 220: 204: 200: 199: 192: 174: 173: 164: 148: 143: 142: 135: 130: 125: 110: 109: 108: 103: 86: 62:Leslie A. Garay 40:Rudyard Kipling 30:He was born in 12: 11: 5: 276: 274: 266: 265: 260: 255: 253:Orchidologists 245: 244: 239: 238: 218: 190: 162: 132: 131: 129: 126: 121:botanical name 102: 85: 82: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 275: 264: 261: 259: 256: 254: 251: 250: 248: 234: 233: 228: 222: 219: 214: 210: 209:Lankesteriana 203: 202:"Biographies" 197: 195: 191: 187:(3): 439–441. 186: 182: 178: 171: 169: 167: 163: 159:(253): 37–38. 158: 154: 147: 140: 138: 134: 127: 122: 118: 107: 104:The standard 101: 99: 98: 93: 92: 91:Dunstervillea 83: 81: 79: 75: 71: 67: 63: 58: 55: 51: 47: 46: 41: 37: 33: 28: 26: 22: 18: 231: 221: 212: 208: 184: 180: 156: 152: 95: 89: 87: 77: 73: 69: 65: 59: 43: 29: 16: 15: 263:1988 deaths 258:1905 births 232: Dunst 247:Categories 128:References 54:Shell Oil 25:Venezuela 97:Stalkya 21:orchids 117:citing 111:Dunst. 84:Legacy 205:(PDF) 149:(PDF) 32:Devon 94:and 42:'s 34:to 23:of 249:: 229:. 213:10 211:. 207:. 193:^ 185:70 183:. 179:. 165:^ 157:64 155:. 151:. 136:^ 119:a 100:. 80:. 27:. 235:. 123:.

Index

orchids
Venezuela
Devon
Lionel Dunsterville
Rudyard Kipling
Stalky & Co.
University of Birmingham
Shell Oil
Leslie A. Garay
Dunstervillea
Stalkya
author abbreviation
citing
botanical name


"Obituary: Mr. G. C. K. Dunsterville"



"G. C. K. Dunsterville, 1905-1988: An Appreciation"


"Biographies"
International Plant Names Index
 Dunst
Categories
Orchidologists
1905 births
1988 deaths

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