Frederick Bulstrode Lawson Whitlock | |
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| Born | 3 June 1860 |
| Died | June 15, 1953 (aged 93) |
| Occupation(s) | ornithologist, entomologist, author |
| Employer | Western Australian Museum Boola Bardip |
Frederick Bulstrode Lawson Whitlock (1860-1953) was an ornithological writer and oölogist, active in England and across Western Australia.
The first years of his life, living in England, he became known as F.B. Whitlock. Later in life, in Australia, his name was mostly written as F.L. Whitlock, or F. Lawson Whitlock.[1]
He is noted for his many expeditions to remote regions of Australia, collecting the eggs and nests of birds and recording their behaviour. His notes and specimens were often of little known or new bird populations, generating new names and descriptions. Whitlock's specimens and notes on Conopophila whitei, the grey honeyeater, are regarded as the last new species to be 'discovered' in the state,.
- ^ For F.B. Whitlock, see for instance:Whitlock 1893, Whitlock 1897a and Whitlock 1897b. For F.L. Whitlock, see for instance: Whitlock 1910 and Whittell 1940