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CodePX1310
Dates1829-1913
Person NameSclater; Philip Lutley (1829-1913); Ornithologist
SurnameSclater
ForenamesPhilip Lutley
EpithetOrnithologist
ActivityA 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.

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RelationshipsFather of William Lutley Sclater (1863 - 1944)
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DF/ZOO/200/44/423-431Sclater, [Philip Lutley]
DF/ZOO/200/23/375-377Sclater, Philip Lutley
WP/13/1/17Philip Lutley Sclater to Alfred Russel Wallace
DF/ZOO/200/30/448Weir, J Jenner
DF/TR/1/1/27/505Sclater, [Philip] [Lutley]
DF/TM/1/66/14Correspondence S: Schonierekneift; Schrader; Sclater
DF/TM/1/38/20Correspondence S: Sclater
DF/ZOO/200/46/337Ockenden see Sclater
DF/TM/1/9/19CorrespondenceS: Schocnaw; Sclater; Seidlitz
DF/ZOO/200/37/396-404Sclater, Philip Lutley
DF/ZOO/200/28/303-310Sclater, Philip Lutley
DF/ZOO/235/1/1/6/204Sclater, Phillip. Lutley.
DF/ZOO/200/36/368-373Sclater, Philip Lutley
DF/TM/1/25/20Correspondence B: Brown
DF/ZOO/230/3/247-248Sclater, Philip L
DF/ZOO/200/50/288Sclater, [Philip Lutley]
DF/ZOO/200/22/268-275Sclater, Philip Lutley
DF/ZOO/200/41/382-390Sclater, [Philip Lutley]
DF/TR/1/1/30/470Sclater, [Philip] [Lutley]
DF/TM/1/23/3Correspondence S: Schlüter; Schröder; Sclater; Scrivener
DF/ZOO/200/27/387aRuben, Alfred H
DF/ZOO/200/32/370-371Sclater, Philip Lutley
DF/ZOO/200/37/103Fisk, J W H R
DF/ZOO/230/1/174-175Sclater, Philip L
DF/ZOO/235/1/1/10/101Sclater, Phillip Lutley
DF/ZOO/235/1/1/9/228Sclater, Philip Lutley
WP/13/1/16John Hampden to the Secretary of the Zoological Society of London
DF/PAL/100/42/13Sclater, P.L.
DF/ZOO/200/1/12-24Allport, Morton
DF/ZOO/200/7/172-265Sclater, Philip Lutley
DF/ZOO/200/10/389-407Sclater, Philip Lutley
DF/ZOO/200/14/488-500Sclater, Philip Lutley
DF/ZOO/200/16/405-418Sclater, Philip Lutley
DF/ZOO/200/19/271-277Sclater, Philip Lutley
DF/ZOO/200/18/428-435dSclater, Philip Lutley
DF/ZOO/200/20/302-304Sclater, Philip Lutley
DF/ZOO/200/21/346-354Sclater, Philip Lutley
DF/ZOO/200/24/330-333Sclater, Philip Lutley
DF/ZOO/200/25/330-336Sclater, Philip Lutley
DF/ZOO/200/27/411-418Sclater, Philip Lutley
DF/ZOO/200/29/345-354Sclater, Philip Lutley
DF/ZOO/200/31/351-355Sclater, Philip Lutley
DF/ZOO/200/33/303-305Sclater, Philip Lutley
DF/ZOO/200/33/287Riason, [R]
DF/ZOO/200/34/320-325Sclater, Philip Lutley
DF/ZOO/200/37/462-465Taylor and Francis
DF/ZOO/200/39/406-412Sclater, [Philip Lutley]
DF/ZOO/200/47/392-393Sclater, [Philip Lutley]
DF/ZOO/200/43/374-380Sclater, [Philip Lutley]
DF/ZOO/200/46/523[Zoological Society] see Sclater
DF/ZOO/200/50/168-170Sclater, [Philip Lutley]
DF/ZOO/235/1/1/8/211Sclater, Phillip. Lutley
DF/ZOO/235/1/1/3/189Sclater, Philip. Lutley.
DF/ZOO/235/1/1/4/210Sclater, Philip. Lutley.
DF/ZOO/235/1/1/2/231Zoological Society of London
DF/ZOO/235/1/1/5/218Sclater, Philip. Lutley
DF/ZOO/235/1/1/7/215Sclater, Phillip. Lutley
DF/TR/1/1/24/407Sclater, [Phillip] [Lutley]
DF/TR/1/1/32/457Sclater, [Philip] [Lutley]
DF/TR/1/1/25/417Sclater, [Phillip] [Lutley]
DF/TR/1/1/31/532Sclater, [Philip] [Lutley]
DF/TM/1/52/22Correspondence S: Sclater
DF/TM/1/46/7Correspondence S: Sclater
DF/TM/1/59/5Correspondence S: Schwarz; Sclater; Semper; Sempert & Krieghoff
DF/TM/1/30/15Correspondence S: Sclater; Seal; Seale
DF/TR/1/1/32/426Rosset, C W
DF/TM/1/15/22Correspondence S: Schmitz; Schröder; Schuberg; Sclater; Scrivener
DF/TR/1/1/29/563Sclater, [Philip] [Lutley]
DF/PAL/100/46/286Sclater, P.L.
DF/ZOO/200/13/279-288Houghton, William
DF/ZOO/200/26/298-308Sclater, Philip Lutley
DF/ZOO/200/28/242Günther, A C L G
DF/ZOO/200/32/351-355Ridley, Stuart Oliver
DF/ZOO/200/35/453-471Sclater, Philip Lutley
DF/ZOO/200/38/344-351Sclater, Philip Lutley
DF/ZOO/200/40/386Sclater, [Philip Lutley]
DF/ZOO/200/42/342-346Sclater, [Philip Lutley]
DF/ZOO/200/43/481-481aSclater, [Philip Lutley]
DF/ZOO/200/45/375-384Sclater, [Philip Lutley]
DF/ZOO/200/46/412-416Sclater, [Philip Lutley]
DF/ZOO/200/48/118-121Sclater, [Philip Lutley]
DF/ZOO/235/1/1/1/813Waterhouse, F H
DF/TM/1/5/5Correspondence S: Schocnaw; Schröder; Schuttyser; Sclater
DF/TR/1/1/28/523Sclater, [Philip] [Lutley]
DF/TR/1/1/26/503Sclater, [Philip] [Lutley]
DF/ZOO/235/1/1/1/679Sclater, P L
DF/ZOO/202/1'Miscellaneous documents': letters, lists, memoranda and reports relating to the work of the department, gathered by Dr A Günther
DF/ADM/1001/42Outgoing Letterbook
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