Historical FigureMale
Richard Bowdler Sharpe
1847 – 1909
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryRichard Bowdler Sharpe was an English zoologist and ornithologist who worked as curator of the bird collection at the British Museum of natural history. In the course of his career he published several monographs on bird groups and produced a multi-volume catalogue of the specimens in the collection of the museum. He described many new species of bird and also has had species named in his honour by other ornithologists including Sharpe's longclaw and Sharpe's starling.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
November 22, 1847
Snow Hill
Date of death
December 25, 1909
Chiswick
Citizenship
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Occupations & fields
ornithologistzoologistlibrarianwriter
Awards & honours
honorary degreeFellow of the Zoological Society of LondonHonorary Fellow of the American Ornithological SocietyFellow of the Linnean Society of LondonHonorary Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi
Notable works
Monograph of the Paradiseidae, or birds of paradise and Ptilonorhynchidae, or bower-birdsCatalogue of the Birds in the British MuseumA hand-book to the birds of Great BritainA monograph of the Alcedinidae : or, family of kingfishers
- Field and occupation
- anglický zoolog a ornitolog
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