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{{quote|They intrigue in every way to get rid of me; accuse me of being an Ornithologist, and that the society did not want an ornithologist...I could astonish you by various statements of what I have to put up with but forbear.|quoted in Brandon-Jones, 1997}} |
{{quote|They intrigue in every way to get rid of me; accuse me of being an Ornithologist, and that the society did not want an ornithologist...I could astonish you by various statements of what I have to put up with but forbear.|quoted in Brandon-Jones, 1997}} |
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He also found George Robert Gray, curator at the British Museum uncooperative in helping him with his ornithological research far away in India. He complained to the trustees of the museum but it was dismissed with several character references in favour of Gray including Charles Darwin.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Annals of Science| author= Brandon-Jones, Christine| title=Charles Darwin and the repugnant curators| year=1996|volume=53| issue=5|pages=501–510|doi=10.1080/00033799600200351}}</ref> |
He also found George Robert Gray, curator at the British Museum uncooperative in helping him with his ornithological research far away in India. He complained to the trustees of the museum but it was dismissed with several character references in favour of Gray including Charles Darwin.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Annals of Science| author= Brandon-Jones, Christine| title=Charles Darwin and the repugnant curators| year=1996|volume=53| issue=5|pages=501–510|doi=10.1080/00033799600200351}}</ref> |
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[[Berkas:HumeScrapbook.jpg|thumb|Dedication page of Hume's "My Scrapbook" (1869)]] |
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His work on ornithology led him to be recognized as the ''father of Indian ornithology'' a title later transferred to [[Allan Octavian Hume]].<ref>Murray, James A. 1888. ''The avifauna of British India and its dependencies''. Truebner. Volume 1</ref> |
His work on ornithology led him to be recognized as the ''father of Indian ornithology'' a title later transferred to [[Allan Octavian Hume]].<ref>Murray, James A. 1888. ''The avifauna of British India and its dependencies''. Truebner. Volume 1</ref> |
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{{quote|Mr. Blyth, who is rightly called the Father of Indian Ornithology, was by far the most important contributor to our knowledge of the Birds of India. As the head of the Asiatic Society's Museum, by intercourse and correspondence, formed a large collection for the Society, and enriched the pages of the Society's Journal with the results of his study. Thus he did more for the study of the birds of India than all previous writers. There can be no work on Indian Ornithology without reference to his voluminous contributions. ...|James Murray}} |
{{quote|Mr. Blyth, who is rightly called the Father of Indian Ornithology, was by far the most important contributor to our knowledge of the Birds of India. As the head of the Asiatic Society's Museum, by intercourse and correspondence, formed a large collection for the Society, and enriched the pages of the Society's Journal with the results of his study. Thus he did more for the study of the birds of India than all previous writers. There can be no work on Indian Ornithology without reference to his voluminous contributions. ...|James Murray}} |
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| Edward Blyth | |
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 Edward Blyth | |
| Lahir | 23 Desember 1810 London |
| Meninggal | 27 Desember 1873 (umur 63) London |
| Kebangsaan | Inggris |
| Pekerjaan | Kurator |
| Dikenal atas | Zoologi dan ahli farmasi |
Edward Blyth (23 Desember 1810 – 27 Desember 1873) adalah seorang zoologi dan ahli farmasi dari Inggris. Dia merupakan salah seorang pendiri zoologi di India.
Blyth lahir di London tahun 1810. Pada tahun 1841 ia pergi ke India untuk menjadi seorang kurator di musium Asiatic Society. Ia bekerja memperbaharui katalog yang ada di musium, menerbitkan sebuah Katalog burung Asiatic Society pada tahun 1849. Dia tidak bisa melakukan banyak pekerjaan lapangan, tetapi menerima dan menjelaskan spesimen burung dari Hume, Tickell, Swinhoe dan lainnya. Dia tetap sebagai kurator sampai 1862, ketika kesehatannya memburuk yang memaksa kembali ke Inggris. Ia meninggal pada tahun 1873, dan setelah ia meninggal pada tahun 1881, diterbitkan The natural history of the Cranes.[1]
Referensi
- ^ Blyth, Edward (1881). The natural history of the cranes. R H Porter.