Richard Newcomb

New Zealand zoologist and biologist
Person human Q44139248
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Summary

Richard Newcomb has worked as a zoologist[1], scientific collector[2], and researcher[3]. He is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[4]

Key Facts

  • Educated at: University of Auckland[5], Australian National University[6]
  • Student: Victoria Twort[7]
  • Sex or gender: male[8]
  • Doctoral student: Jacob Corcoran[9], Colm Carraher[10], Andrew Dopheide[11], Luke T Dunning[12], Prachi Sharma[13], Victoria Twort[14], Chen Wu[15], Melissa Danielle Jordan[16], Hui Wen Lee[17], Pablo German[18], Q141206305[19], Q141206392[20], Q141206453[21]
  • Commons category: Richard Newcomb (scientist)[22]
  • Academic degree: Doctor of Science[23]
  • Family name: Newcomb[24]
  • Given name: Richard[25], David[26]
  • Academic thesis: Q141211641[27]
  • Affiliation: University of Auckland[28]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: NZThesisProject[29]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[30]
  • Collection items at: New Zealand Arthropod Collection[31]

FAQs

What did Richard Newcomb do for work?

Richard Newcomb worked as a zoologist[1], scientific collector[2], and researcher[3].

Where did Richard Newcomb go to school?

Richard Newcomb was educated at University of Auckland[5] and Australian National University[6].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  7. [9] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [7] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . unidirectory.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved . unidirectory.auckland.ac.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [31] ↑ . Bionomia. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [4] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · DrThneed · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Doctoral student → Jacob Corcoran, Colm Carraher, Andrew Dopheide +10
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    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Invasion Biology
    Bionomia id → 0000-0002-7307-9755
    Employer → Institute for Crop and Food Research
    Educated at → University of Auckland, Australian National University
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