Edward Bartlett (1836 – April 1908) was an English

ornithologist Ornithology, from Ancient Greek ὄρνις (''órnis''), meaning "bird", and -logy from λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study", is a branch of zoology dedicated to the study of birds. Several aspects of ornithology differ from related discip ...

and

herpetologist Herpetology (from Ancient Greek ἑρπετόν ''herpetón'', meaning "reptile" or "creeping animal") is a branch of zoology concerned with the study of amphibians (including frogs, salamanders, and caecilians (Gymnophiona)) and reptiles (in ...

. He was the son of

Abraham Dee Bartlett Abraham Dee Bartlett (27 October 1812 – 7 May 1897) was a British taxidermist and an expert on captive animals. A superintendent of the London Zoo, he was a prominent observer of animal life and a zoologist who became a popular authority on wi ...

. Bartlett accompanied

Henry Baker Tristram Henry Baker Tristram FRS (11 May 1822 – 8 March 1906) was an English clergyman, Bible scholar, traveller and ornithologist. As a parson-naturalist he was an early, but short-lived, supporter of Darwinism, attempting to reconcile evolution an ...

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in 1863–64, and collected in the

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basin and

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in 1865–69. He was curator at the

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Museum from 1875 to 1890, and curator of the Sarawak Museum from 1893 to 1897. One of his most notable publications, though uncompleted at the time of his death, was his "''Monograph of the Weaver Birds (Ploceidae) and Arboreal and Terrestrial Finches'' ", of which five parts were published in 1888–89. His most notable herpetological publication, "''The Crocodiles and Lizards of Borneo in the Sarawak Museum, with Descriptions of Supposed New Species and the Variation of Colours in the Several Species during Life'' ", was published in 1895. Species named after Bartlett include Bartlett's tinamou ''Crypturellus bartletti'' of Peru - the name being assigned in 1873 by fellow British ornithologists

Philip Lutley Sclater Philip Lutley Sclater (4 November 1829 – 27 June 1913) was an English lawyer and zoologist. In zoology, he was an expert ornithologist, and identified the main zoogeographic regions of the world. He was Secretary of the Zoological Society ...

and

Osbert Salvin Osbert Salvin (25 February 1835 – 1 June 1898) was an English natural history, naturalist, Ornithology, ornithologist, and Herpetology, herpetologist best known for co-authoring ''Biologia Centrali-Americana'' (1879–1915) with Frederick DuC ...

Honours

* 1889 - elected a Corresponding Member of the

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* 1897 - elected a

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of the

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References

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