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About Walter Baldock Durrant Mantell
Walter Baldock Durrant Mantell (11 March 1820 – 7 September 1895) was a 19th-century New Zealand scientist, politician, and Land Purchase Commissioner. He was a founder and first secretary of the New Zealand Institute, and discovered and collected moa remains.
Mantell was born in Lewes, East Sussex, England, the son of the geologist Dr Gideon Mantell. He arrived on the Oriental leaving 1839 and arriving in Wellington in January 1840.
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Walter Baldock Durrant Mantell's Timeline
| 1820 |
March 11, 1820
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Lewes, East Sussex, England (United Kingdom)
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| 1864 |
April 30, 1864
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New Zealand
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| 1895 |
September 7, 1895
Age 75
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Wellington, New Zealand
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1895
Age 74
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