William Paterson b. 17 August 1755

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William Paterson was a sketcher, natural historian, collector, soldier and lieutenant-governor. He was interested in zoology and is said to have been the first person to take a live giraffe to London.
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References [<ExternalResource: Paterson, William, 'Narrative of Four Journeys into the Country of the Hottentots and Caffaria'.>, <ExternalResource: MacMillan, D., 'William Paterson', Australian Dictionary of Biography 2, ed. Pike, D., Shaw, A., Clark, M., Nairn, B., Serle, G. and Ward, R. vols 1-6, Melbourne 1966-1976.>, <ExternalResource: Gordon-Brown, A. (1975), 'Pictorial Africana', Cape Town.>, <ExternalResource: Rienits, R. & Rienits, T. (1963), 'Early Artists of Australia', Sydney.>, <ExternalResource: (1927), 'Australia, New Zealand and the South Seas, Africa and the East Indies', Museum Book Store catalogue, London.>] [<ExternalResource: Paterson, William, 'Narrative of Four Journeys into the Country of the Hottentots and Caffaria'.>]