Arthur Francis Basset Hull

Arthur Francis Basset Hull (1862–1945) was an Australian public servant, naturalist and philatelist. He signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1921.

Tasmania Hull was born on 10 October 1862 in Hobart.

In 1883–1889 Hull worked as clerk in the Supreme Court. In 1941 he presented a paper on "History on Australian Postage Stamps" to the Royal Australian History Society.

Hull was appointed a Member of the British Empire in the 1936 New Year Honours for "service as a member of Taronga Park Trust and honorary ornithologist, at the Australian Museum".

Personal life At age 15, Hull suffered polio and had to wear a surgical boot and use a walking stick for the rest of his life. but she died less than a month later. In March 1899 Hull was sued by Bertha Cligny de Boissac for breach of marriage promise. Hull was unable to pay Boissac £500 in damages he was forced to declare bankruptcy. At Annandale on 15 January 1902, Hull married Caroline Ann Lloyd. In 1912 Hull divorced his second wife. On 3 December 1926 in Manly he married Diana Farley. Hull died on 22 September 1945 and was cremated with Anglican rites.

Selected publications

Ashby, E. & Hull, A.F.B. 1923. The Polyplacophora of King Island, Bass Strait, with description of a new subspecies. The Australian Zoologist 3: 79–84 pl. 8 Bassett-Hull, A.F. 1910. The Birds of Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 34: 636–693 Campbell, A.J., Milligan, A.W., Legg, W.V., Mellor, J.W., Basset Hull, A.F. & Hall, R. 1913. Official Check–list of the Birds of Australia. The Emu 12(Suppl.): 1-116