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Sharpe, Richard Bowdler (1847 - 1909)FLS, FZS, MBOU |
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| Born: 22 November 1847. Died: 25 December 1909. | ||
| Richard Bowdler Sharpe was Assistant Keeper of the Vertebrate Section of the British Museum's Zoology Department from 1895-1909. He was also a distinguished international founding member of the Australian Ornithologists' Union. Sharpe had a particular interest in classification and phylogeny and its relation to evolution and was co-author of the series Birds of Europe and the massive Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Sharpe founded the British Ornithologists' Club in 1892 to allow for more informal discussion and regular meetings than the British Ornithologists' Union offered and edited its Bulletin for many years. He received a Doctor of Laws honoris causa (Hon LLD) from the University of Aberdeen. |
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