William Ogilby ( born William Ogilby ; 1808–1873) is an Irish barrister and naturalist.
| William Ogilby | |
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| English William Ogilby | |
| Date of Birth | 1808 |
| Date of death | September 1, 1873 |
| A country | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
| Scientific field | zoology |
| Alma mater | Trinity College (Dublin) |
| Taxonomy of wildlife | |
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The researcher who described a number of zoological taxa . The names of these taxa (to indicate authorship) are accompanied by the designation " Ogilby " . |
Biography
After graduating from Trinity College in Dublin, Ogilby worked as a barrister in London from 1832 to 1846. In 1839, he became secretary of the Zoological Society of London . In 1846, he resigned and became land manager in the county of Tyrone in Northern Ireland. During the Great Famine in Ireland, he began the construction of Altnachree Castle, the construction of which ended in the 1860s.
In his journal Magazine of Natural History , he described numerous mammalian taxa, copies of which were sent to him from Europe, as well as from African, Asian, and Australian colonies. During a trip to Germany, Ogilby collected many species of animals, which were then described by his friend (1800-1893) in the journal Annals of Natural History .
In 1851, Ogilby married Adelaide Charlotte Douglas. They had 7 children. Of these, James Douglas Ogilby (1853–1925) later became a well-known ichthyologist in Australia.
Honors
In 1838, George Robert Waterhouse named in honor of Ogilby the species of duker ( Cephalophus ogilbyi ) and subspecies of the carp-tailed kangaroo ( Bettongia penicillata ogilbyi ).
Literature
- Gordon R. McOuat (1996). Species, Rules and Meaning: The Politics of Language and the Ends of Definitions in 19th Century Natural History, Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 27 (4): 473-519.
- Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins, Michael Grayson: The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals JHU Press, 2009, ISBN 9780801893049 : S. 296–297.