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Australian ichthyologist and herpetologist
James Douglas Ogilby (16 February 1853 – 11 August 1925) was an Australian
ichthyologist and
herpetologist .
[2]
Ogilby was born in
Belfast ,
Ireland , and was the son of
zoologist
William Ogilby and his wife Adelaide, née Douglas. He received his education at
Winchester College , England, and
Trinity College, Dublin .
[2]
Ogilby worked for the
British Museum before joining the
Australian Museum in Sydney. After being let go for
drunkenness in 1890, he picked up contract work before joining the
Queensland Museum in
Brisbane circa 1903.
[3]
He was the author of numerous scientific papers on
reptiles ,
[2]
[4]
[5]
[6] and he described a new species of
turtle and several new species of
lizards .
[7]
Death
Ogilby died on 11 August 1925 at the
Diamantina Hospital
[8] in Brisbane and was buried at
Toowong Cemetery .
[2]
See also
References
^
"The Names You Know, The People You Don't - James Douglas Ogilby" (PDF) . www.aquariumindustries.com.au . 26 March 2014.
^
a
b
c
d Walsh, G.P.
"Ogilby, James Douglas (1853–1925)" . Australian Dictionary of Biography . Archived from
the original on 5 May 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2010 .
^
"Biography — James Douglas Ogilby" . Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 11 , 1988. Retrieved 26 September 2022 .
^ James Douglas Ogilby (1893),
Edible fishes and crustaceans of New South Wales , Sydney C. Potter, Govt. printer, retrieved 6 December 2018
^ James Douglas Ogilby (1892),
Catalogue of Australian mammals with introductory notes on general mammalogy , Sydney Australian Museum; printed by order of the Trustees, retrieved 6 December 2018
^ Ogilby, J. Douglas (James Douglas); Ogilby, J. Douglas (James Douglas), 1853–1925 (1886),
Catalogue of the fishes of New South Wales : with their principal synonyms , T. Richards, Govt. Printer, retrieved 6 December 2018 {{
citation }}
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link ) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (
link )
^
"Search results - The Reptile Database" .
^ Saunders, Brian (2012).
Discovery of Australia's Fishes: A History of Australian Ichthyology to 1930 .
CSIRO Publishing . p. 237.
ISBN
978-0-643-10672-7 .
External links
Media related to
James Douglas Ogilby at Wikimedia Commons
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