THOMAS LINDSAY MACMILLAN was born in 1906 on Tanna, an island in Vanuatu
(New Hebrides) to an Australian father who was a doctor and missionary on the
island. He spent most of his life in this island group and Australia, working as
a farmer, managing a mission, and for five years as leader of the American
Museum of Natural History Whitney South Sea Expedition. For the Whitney South
Sea Expedition, he explored and collected in New Caledonia and the New Hebrides
island groups.