William Henry Dudley Le Souef (28 September 1856 – 6 September 1923) was a founding member and founding Secretary of the

Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union The Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union (RAOU), now part of BirdLife Australia, was Australia's largest non-government, non-profit, bird conservation organisation. It was founded in 1901 to promote the study and conservation of the native b ...

(RAOU) in 1901, also serving as President of that body 1907–1909. His egg collection was sold to

Henry Luke White Henry Luke White (9 May 1860 – 30 June 1927) was a wealthy Pastoral farming, grazier, and a keen philatelist, book collector, amateur ornithologist and oologist, oölogist of Scone, New South Wales, Scone, New South Wales, Australia. Persona ...

, becoming part of the H. L. White Collection which passed to the

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. Around 1902 he succeeded his father as director of

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, and held that position until March 1923, when he retired due to ill-health. He had been violently attacked and robbed in 1919 and never properly recovered. His successor was

Andrew Wilkie Andrew Damien Wilkie (born 8 November 1961) is an Australian politician and independent federal member for Division of Clark, Clark (previously Division of Denison, Denison). Before entering politics Wilkie was an infantry officer in the Austr ...

. Le Souef was born on 28 September 1856, son of

Albert Alexander Cochrane Le Souef Albert Alexander Cochrane Le Souef (17 April 1828 – 7 May 1902) was an Australian zoologist. Le Souef was the director of the Melbourne Zoo from 1882 to 1902. In 1853 he married Caroline, daughter of ornithologist John Cotton. Their sons ...

and

Caroline Le Souef Caroline Le Souef (15 July 1834 – 6 March 1915) was an Australian artist who was born in England in 1834 to John Cotton. As a child, she migrated to Australia with her family in 1843, living in Goulburn River Valley, and was educated in Melb ...

, daughter of John Cotton. Two of his brothers were zoologists

Ernest Albert Le Souef Ernest Albert Le Souef (13 September 1869 – 27 November 1937), sometimes referred to as Col. Le Souef, was an Australian zoologist. Le Souef was born in Melbourne, the son of Albert Alexander Cochrane Le Souef and Caroline Le Souef, daughter o ...

and

Albert Sherbourne Le Souef Albert Sherbourne Le Souef (30 January 1877 – 31 March 1951) was an Australian zoologist. Le Souef was the son of Albert Alexander Cochrane Le Souef (1828–1902) and Caroline Le Souef (1834–1915), daughter of ornithologist John Cotton. Tw ...

Works

''The animals of Australia : animals, reptiles and amphibians''
by

Arthur Henry Shakespeare Lucas Arthur Henry Shakespeare Lucas (7 May 1853 – 10 June 1936) was an English-born schoolmaster, scientist and publisher who lived in Australia for over fifty years, and became the most renowned writer on Algae after William Henry Harvey Early li ...

, assisted by Le Souef. Melbourne: Whitcombe and Tombs, 1909.
''The birds of Australia''
by Arthur Henry Shakespeare Lucas and Le Souef. London: Whitcombe and Tombs Limited, 1911.

References

*Robin, Libby. (2001). ''The Flight of the Emu: a hundred years of Australian ornithology 1901-2001''. Carlton, Vic. Melbourne University Press.

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* Australian ornithologists 1856 births 1923 deaths Egg collectors Oologists Zoo directors People from the Colony of Victoria {{Australia-ornithologist-stub