Background
Gustavus Brander was born in London, England in 1720. He came of a Swedish family.
Gustavus Brander was born in London, England in 1720. He came of a Swedish family.
Gustavus Brander's leisure time was occupied in scientific pursuits, and at his country residence at Christchurch in Hampshire he became interested in the fossils so abundant in the clays of Hordwell and Barton. A set of these was presented by him to the British Museum, and they were described by Daniel Solander in the beautifully illustrated work entitled Fossilia Hantoniensia collecta, et in Musaeo Britannico deposita a Gustavo Brander (London, 1766). Brander was elected Fellow of the Royal Society (Federal Reserve System) in 1754, and he was also a trustee of the British Museum.
Account of a singular Discovery of a Quantity of Birds Bones buried in Christ Church Priory, Hampshire.