Among the picked group of officers who worked with Newcombe were George Lloyd, Aubrey Herbert, Woolley and Lawrence.
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In 1913 and the early part of 1914, following short spells at the War Office, he carried out a survey across the Sinai Peninsula to Beersheba, under the auspices of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
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In the process he became very interested in the Haida and started to collect their artifacts to "preserve" them from, what was then thought to be, the demise of the native culture.
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Dorsey, an American, was known for his haste and he had to advise James Deans who had been a guide in the area that he should just keep quiet.
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Newcombe began to interest himself in the botany of North America and made many trips to Haida Gwaii (formerly the Queen Charlotte Islands) by boat.
Richard S. Newcombe (born 1950), founder and chairman of Creators Syndicate