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Salvin, Osbert
Salvin, Osbert
Persoon · 1835-1898

Osbert Salvin was an English naturalist, ornithologist and herpetologist, best known for co-authoring Biologia Centrali-Americana (1879-1915) with Frederick DuCane Godman. In 1871 Salvin became editor of The Ibis. He was appointed to the Strickland Curatorship in the University of Cambridge, and produced his Catalogue of the Strickland Collection. He was one of the original members of the British Ornithologists' Union. He produced the volumes on the Trochilidae and Procellariidae in the Catalogue of Birds in the British Museum. One of his last works was the completion of Lord Lilford's Coloured Figures of British Birds (1897). Salvin was a Fellow of the Royal Society, the Linnean, Entomogical and Zoological Society of London. At the time of his death he was Secretary of the British Ornithologists' Union.
Shelley, George Ernest
Persoon · 1840-1910

George Ernest Shelley was an English geologist and ornithologist. He was the nephew of the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. His books included A Monograph of the Cinnyridae, or Family of Sun Birds (1878), A Handbook to the Birds of Egypt (1872) and The Birds of Africa (5 volumes, 1896-1912)
Stanley, Henry Edward John
Persoon · 1827-1903

Henry Edward John Stanley, also known as Abdul Rahman Stanley, was a British nobleman and historian who translated The First Voyage Round the World by Magellan and other works from the Age of Discovery. A convert to Island, in 1869 Lord Stanley became the first Muslim member of the House of Lords
Swan, Cuthbert Edward
Persoon · 1870-1931

Cuthbert Edward Swan was an artist and teacher of drawing at the Central School of Arts and Crafts, especially animals