Ferrars, Max

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Burma
Book 1901

Summary: Max Henry Ferrars was a British colonial officer, author, photographer and university lecturer, mainly active in British Burma and later, in Freiburg, Germany. He served for 25 years in the Imperial East India Forestry Service and other public offices in colonial Burma, today's Myanmar. Together with his wife Bertha, Ferrars wrote and illustrated an extensive ethnographical and photographic study of the native cultures and societies, titled Burma and published in 1900. Further, Max and Bertha Ferrars were the grandparents of the British novelist Elizabeth Ferrars. Wikipedia
Gender or Sex: Male [1][2][4]
Born: 1846-10-28 [2]
Birth Place: Killucan [2][4]
Died: 1933-02-07 [2]
Death Place: Freiburg im Breisgau [4]
Country: Germany [2]; Great Britain [2]; Ireland [2]
Language: English [3]
Occupation: photographer [4]; writer [4]; forester [4]; university teacher [4]
Work Place: Freiburg im Breisgau [2]
Educated at: Trinity College Dublin [4]; Royal Saxon Academy of Forestry Tharandt [4]
Country of Education: Ireland [4]; Germany [4]

Sources: 1. VIAF; 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany); 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France; 4. Wikidata

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