Alan Owston
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Alan Owston
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Alan Owston (1853–1915) was born on 7 August 1853 at Pirbright, Surrey and was buried on 30 November 1915 at Yokohama in Japan.
He was a collector of Asian wildlife, businessman and yachtsman, and founded the Yokohama Yacht Club in Japan.
Alan Owston left England for Asia in 1871, working as a merchant in Japan and was also busy as an amateur naturalist. The Owston's palm civet or Owston's civet is named after him, as is the genus of bandfishes Owstonia and the sea-urchin Araeosoma owstoni Owsto
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British naturalist
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