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Edward Blyth
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English zoologist and pharmacist (1810–1873)
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1810-12-23 ) 23 December 1810 , London , England
- Died
- 27 December 1873 (1873-12-27) (aged 63), London, England
- Resting place
- Highgate Cemetery , North London
- Known for
- Catalogue of the Birds of the Asiatic Society , 1849; The natural history of the Cranes 1881
- Fields
- Zoology
- Institutions
- Museum of the Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal , Kolkata
- Author abbrev zoology
- Blyth
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Edward
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- London
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- zoology
- Image
- EdwardBlyth.jpg
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- Commons category
- Edward Blyth
- date of birth
- 1810-12-23
- date of death
- 1873-12-27
- author citation (zoology)
- Blyth
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- Edward Blyth
- name in native language
- Edward Blyth
- writing language
- English language
- member of
- Academy of Sciences of Turin
- P6944
- Edward Blyth
- place of burial
- Highgate Cemetery
- collection items at
- Natural History Museum
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Encyclopedic overview
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 (now Kolkata). He catalogued the specimens in the collection in his Catalogue of the Birds of the Asiatic Society in 1849. He did not collect specimens 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.
Early life and work
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