Edgar Leopold Layard
British ornithologist
Died when: 75 years 162 days (905 months)Star Sign: Leo
Edgar Leopold Layard CMG FZS MBOU, (23 July 1824 – 1 January 1900) was a British diplomat and a naturalist mainly interested in ornithology and to a lesser extent the molluscs.
He worked for a significant part of his life in Ceylon and later in South Africa, Fiji and New Caledonia.
He studied the zoology of these places and established natural history museums in Sri Lanka and South Africa.Several species of animals are named after him.
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