Person PX1310 Sclater; Philip Lutley (1829-1913); Ornithologist Sclater Philip Lutley 1829-1913 Ornithologist Male Born 4 November 1829, Tangier Park, Hampshire. Died 27 June 1913, Odiham, Hampshire.

A well known and highly productive (over 1400 publications) ornithologist in his own day, Sclater is remembered today primarily for his 1858 paper setting out the faunal regions classification of zoogeography later adopted by Alfred Russel Wallace. The system is still in common use today. His most lasting ornithological work is probably the four volumes he contributed to the Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum series, circa 1886-1891. Sclater worked on other natural history subjects (especially mammals) as well, but it should not be forgotten that he also had an impressive professional and administrative career, undoubtedly aided by his early training for (and practice of) the law. He was the founder and for many years the Editor of Ibis, a council member and then Secretary (for forty-three years!) of the Zoological Society of London, a member of more forty professional societies at home and abroad, a council member of the Royal Society of London, and even for a time personal secretary to his older brother George Sclater-Booth (later Lord Basing), who had won a political appointment from Disraeli. 1851 entered Lincoln's Inn and practised law for several years. 1857 becomes a member of the Zoological Society of London. 1858 he helped to found the journal 'Ibis' and served as its editor 1858 - 65 and 1878 - 1912. Secretary of the Zoological Society of London 1860 - 1903. In 1861 he was made a fellow of the Royal Society of London. 1892 he became chairman of the British Ornithologist's Club. 1903 he co-founded the Society for the preservation of the Wild Fauna of the Empire. Tring correspondent Father of William Lutley Sclater (1863 - 1944) On the general geographical distribution of the members of the class Aves" in the Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society: Zoology (1858) Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum, 4 volumes, (1886 - 1891) Argentine Ornithology (1888 - 1889) Yes Idealist Import 4namepers.txt 28/02/2004 NHM\laurb5 04/01/2019 e2536fa1-93df-440f-903e-6ab005f40ae2