Edwin Ashby

Edwin Ashby (2 November 1861 – 8 January 1941)[1] was an Adelaide based Australian property developer and a noted malacologist interested in chitons[1] and ornithologist.[2]

He was a founding member of the South Australian Ornithological Association (SAOA) in 1899, and of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union (RAOU) in 1901 for which he served as president 1926. The avian genus Ashbyia (represented by the gibberbird Ashbyia lovensis) was named for him by Gregory Mathews.[3]

Ashby and his family were members of the Religious Society of Friends, also known as Quakers.[4]

Edwin Ashby
Born(1861-11-02)2 November 1861
Died8 January 1941(1941-01-08) (aged 79)
Adelaide, South Australia
Known forProperty Developer, Malacologist, and Ornithologist Botanist and Conservationist
SpouseEsther Maria Coleman
Relatives
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
Author abbrev. (botany)
  • ashby
  1. ^ a b Winckworth R. (1942). "Obituary. Edwin Ashby, 1861-1941". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 25(1): 2-4. PDF. (subscription required)
  2. ^ "Ashby, Edwin (1861 - 1941)". University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre - Bright Sparcs. Retrieved 12 July 2008.
  3. ^ Robbin, Libby (2001). The Flight of the Emu. Melbourne University Press: Melbourne. ISBN 0-522-84987-3.
  4. ^ Mann, Susan (11 November 2008). "J.D. Somerville Oral Collection. Friends of the Botanic Gardens of Adelaide Oral History Project: An Interview with Enid Lucy Robertson" (PDF). State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 10 March 2024.