Edward Blyth | |
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| Born | 23 December 1810[1] London |
| Died | 27 December 1873 (aged 63) London |
| Resting place | Highgate Cemetery (west side) |
| Known for | Catalogue of the Birds of the Asiatic Society, 1849; The natural history of the Cranes 1881 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Zoology |
| Institutions | museum of the Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal, Calcutta |
| Author abbrev. (zoology) | Blyth |
Edward Blyth (23 December 1810 – 27 December 1873) was an English zoologist who worked for most of his life in India as a curator of zoology at the Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal in Calcutta.
He set about updating the museum's catalogues, publishing a Catalogue of the Birds of the Asiatic Society in 1849. He was prevented from doing much fieldwork himself, but received and described bird specimens from A.O. Hume, Samuel Tickell, Robert Swinhoe among others. His Natural History of the Cranes was published posthumously in 1881.[2][3]
- ^ Christine Brandon-Jones (23 September 2004). "Blyth, Edward [pseuds. Zoophilus, Z] (1810–1873)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/2725.
- ^ Blyth, Edward (1881). The natural history of the cranes. R H Porter.
- ^ ""Cranes and Pheasants" (with a review of The Natural History of the Cranes)". Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art. 52 (1342): 81–82. 16 July 1881.