| Philip Lutley Sclater | |
 Philip Lutley Sclater
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| Born | November 4, 1829 Hampshire |
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| Died | June 27, 1913 (aged 83) |
| Education | Winchester College, Christ Church, Oxford |
| Occupation | lawyer, zoologist |
| Children | William Lutley Sclater Jnr. |
| Parents | William Lutley Sclater |
Philip Lutley Sclater (November 4, 1829 - June 27, 1913) was an English lawyer and zoologist. Events 1333 - Flood of the Arno River, causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani For the game see 1829 (board game. Year 1829 ( MDCCCXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display Wildlife Hampshire has wildlife typical of the island of Great Britain Events 1358 - Republic of Dubrovnik is founded 1709 - Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Winchester College is a well-known boys' Independent school, and an example of an English Public school, in the city of Winchester in Hampshire Not to be confused with Christchurch, a city in New Zealand. Christ Church (Ædes Christi the temple or house of Christ and thus sometimes known as A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law as an attorney, Counsel or Solicitor; a person Zoology (from Greek ζῷον, zoon, "animal" + λόγος, " Logos " "knowledge" is the branch of William Lutley Sclater ( September 23, 1863 - July 7, 1944) was a British Zoologist and museum director Events 1333 - Flood of the Arno River, causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani For the game see 1829 (board game. Year 1829 ( MDCCCXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display Events 1358 - Republic of Dubrovnik is founded 1709 - Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law as an attorney, Counsel or Solicitor; a person Zoology (from Greek ζῷον, zoon, "animal" + λόγος, " Logos " "knowledge" is the branch of Sclater was born at Tangier Park, Hampshire, where his father William Lutley Sclater had a country house. Wildlife Hampshire has wildlife typical of the island of Great Britain He grew up at Haddington House and here he took an interest in birds. He was educated in school at Twyford and at thirteen went to Winchester College and later Christ Church, Oxford, where he studied scientific ornithology under Hugh Edwin Strickland. Winchester College is a well-known boys' Independent school, and an example of an English Public school, in the city of Winchester in Hampshire Not to be confused with Christchurch, a city in New Zealand. Christ Church (Ædes Christi the temple or house of Christ and thus sometimes known as Ornithology (from Greek ὄρνις ὄρνιθος ornis, ornithos, "bird" and λόγος logos, "knowledge" is the branch of Hugh Edwin Strickland ( March 2, 1811 - September 14, 1853) was an English Geologist, ornithologist and
In 1851 he began to study law and was admitted a Fellow of Corpus Christi College. In 1856 he visited America and visited Lake Superior and the upper St. Croix and canoed down it to the Mississippi and wrote about it in "Illustrated Travels". In Philadelphia he met Baird, Cassin and Leidy at the Academy of Natural Sciences. After returning to England, he practised law for several years and attended meetings of the Zoological Society.
In 1858, Sclater published a paper in the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, setting up six zoological regions which he called the Palaearctic, Aethiopian, Indian, Australasian, Nearctic and Neotropical. The Linnean Society of London is the World 's premier society for the study and dissemination of Taxonomy and natural history The Palearctic or Palaearctic is one of the eight Ecozones dividing the Earth surface See Tropical Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa for other aspects The Afrotropic is one of the earth's eight Ecozones It includes The Indomalaya ecozone is one of the eight Ecozones that cover the planet's land surface The Australasian zone is an ecological region that is coincident but not synonymous (by some definitions with the geographic Region of Australasia The Nearctic is one of the eight terrestrial Ecozones dividing the Earth's land surface In Biogeography, Neotropic or Neotropical refers to one of the world's eight terrestrial Ecozones This ecozone includes South and Central America the These zoogeographic regions are still in use. An ecozone or biogeographic realm is the largest scale biogeographic division of the earth's surface based on the historic and evolutionary distribution patterns He also developed the theory of Lemuria during 1864 to explain zoological coincidences relating Madagascar to India. Lemuria (lɨˈmjʊəriə is the name of a hypothetical " lost land " variously located in the Indian and Pacific Oceans Madagascar, or Republic of Madagascar (older name Malagasy Republic) is an Island nation in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country
In 1874 he became private secretary to his brother George Sclater-Booth, MP (later Lord Basing). George Limbrey Sclater-Booth 1st Baron Basing DL ( 19 May 1826 &ndash 22 October 1894) known as George Sclater-Booth He was offerred a permanent position in civil service but he declined. In 1875, he became President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, which he joined in 1847 as a member.
Sclater was the founder and editor of The Ibis, the journal of the British Ornithologists' Union. Ibis, subtitled "the International Journal of Avian Science" is the peer-reviewed Scientific journal of the British Ornithologists' Union BOU may also stand for Bank of Uganda, the central bank of Uganda The British Ornithologists' Union ( BOU) aims to encourage He was secretary of the Zoological Society of London from 1860 to 1903. The Zoological Society of London (sometimes known by the abbreviation ZSL) is a Learned society founded in London in April 1826 by Sir Thomas Stamford In 1901 he described the okapi to western scientists although he never saw one alive. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting The Okapi ( Okapia johnstoni) is a Mammal native to the Ituri Rainforest, located in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo His office at 11 Hanover Square became a meeting place for all naturalists in London. Travellers and residents shared notes with him and he corresponded with thousands.
His collection of birds grew to nine thousand and these he transferred to the British Museum in 1886. At around the same time the museum was augmented by the collections of Gould, Salvin and Godman, Hume, and others to become the largest in the world. Among Sclater's more important books were Exotic Ornithology (1866-69) and Nomenclator Avium (1873) both with Osbert Salvin, Argentine Ornithology (1888-89) with W.H. Hudson, and The Book of Antelopes (1894-1900) with Oldfield Thomas. Osbert Salvin ( February 25, 1835 - June 1, 1898) was an English naturalist. William Henry Hudson ( August 4, 1841 &ndash August 18, 1922) was an author naturalist and ornithologist. (Michael Rogers Oldfield Thomas FRS ( February 21, 1858 &ndash June 16, 1929) was a British Zoologist.
His eldest son, William Lutley Sclater, was also an ornithologist. William Lutley Sclater ( September 23, 1863 - July 7, 1944) was a British Zoologist and museum director
References
- Obituary. Ibis 1913:642-686
- Elliot, D. G. In memoriam. Auk 1914:31(1)
| Preceded by David William Mitchell |
Secretary of the Zoological Society of London 1860–1903 |
Succeeded by Peter Chalmers Mitchell |
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