Richard Bowdler Sharpe

1847–1909

1 series 1 book in order

Richard Bowdler Sharpe was an English ornithologist who served as curator of the bird collection at the British Museum of natural history. He authored several monographs on bird groups and created a multi-volume catalogue of the museum's bird specimens. He described numerous new bird species and had species named after him, including Sharpe's longclaw and Sharpe's starling. He was born in 1847 and died in 1909.

Born: 1847
Known for: Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum

Series by Richard Bowdler Sharpe

Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum

1 book in order · 1877

Catalogue of the birds in the British Museum. Volume III. Passeriformes Coliomorphæ

1877 · Richard Bowdler Sharpe

Catalogue of the birds in the British Museum. Volume III. Passeriformes Coliomorphæ is a 1877 book by Richard Bowdler Sharpe. It is part of the…
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