George Ernest Shelley

For other people with the same name, see George Shelley.

Captain George Ernest Shelley (15 May 1840 – 29 November 1910) was an English geologist and ornithologist. He was a nephew of the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.

Shelley was educated at the Lycée de Versailles and served a few years in the Grenadier Guards.[1]

His books included A Monograph of the Cinnyridae, or Family of Sun Birds (1878), A Handbook to the Birds of Egypt (1872)[2] and The Birds of Africa (5 volumes, 1896–1912) illustrated by J. G. Keulemans.[3]

  1. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. Christopher Helm. p. 310. ISBN 978-0-7136-6647-2. OCLC 54616507.
  2. ^ Shelley, G. E. (1872). A Handbook to the Birds of Egypt. London: J. Van Voorst.
  3. ^ "Obituary. Captain George Ernest Kelley". Ibis: 369–376. April 1911. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.1911.tb03312.x. (with bibliography of publications by G. E. Shelley)