Person Sclater; Philip Lutley (1829 - 1913); lawyer and zoologist Sclater Philip Lutley lawyer and zoologist 1829 - 1913 British Male Tangier Park, Wootton St Lawrence, Hampshire, England 04 November 1829 18291104 Odiham Priory, Hampshire, England 27/06/1913 19130627

Barrister Biogeography Cladistics Zoology Ornithology Education: School at Twyford; Winchester College; Oxford University; Lincoln's Inn. MA, DSc Career: Published in the journals of the Linnean and Zoological societies, his most important paper was 'On the general geographic distribution of the members of the class aves'; visited America where he travelled on foot and by birch-bark canoe as far as the Mississippi and met leading American naturalists (1856); travelled to North America, to north and south Africa, and to Europe; contributed four volumes to the Catalogue of Birds at the British Museum; improved the financial and scientific affairs of the Zoological Society of London (1859); responsibility for the Zoological Record (founded in 1864) was assumed by the Zoological Society on his initiative (1886); founded Ibis, the journal of the British Ornithologists' Union, which he edited (apart from the years 1865–77) until 1913 (1858); his large collection of nine thousand birds was transferred to the British Museum (1886); elected chairman of the British Ornithologists' Club (1892); described the okapi to western scientists although he never saw one alive (1901); His office at 11 Hanover Square became a meeting place for all naturalists in London, where travellers and residents shared notes with him and he corresponded; his administration of the zoological gardens was subject to mounting criticism prior to his retirement; retired (1902). Memberships: FLS; FZS; Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford Parents: William Lutley Sclater, of Hoddington House, Upton Grey, Southampton, and Anne Maria, daughter of William Bowyer Siblings: George Sclater-Booth (FRS 1876) Spouse: Jane Ann Eliza, daughter of Sir David Hunter Blair (16 October 1862) Children: one daughter and three sons, the eldest of whom, William Lutley (1863–1944), was also an ornithologist and succeeded his father as editor of Ibis (1913–30). Identified six zoogeographic regions of the world according to their bird life. This concept was developed by subsequent writers and Sclater's terminology remains in use to this day. Influential in building up the Zoological Society, London. Animals named after Aclater include: Sclater's lemur (Eulemur flavifrons); Dusky-billed parrotlet (the name Psittacula sclateri Gray, 1859, is currently viewed as a subspecies of Forpus modestus Cabanis, 1848); Sclater's monal (Lopophorus sclateri); Erect-crested penguin (Eudyptes sclateri); Ecuadorian cacique (Cacicus sclateri); Mexican chickadee (Poecile sclateri); Bay-vented cotinga (Doliornis sclateri); Sclater's antwren (Myrmotherula sclateri); Sclater's lark (Spizocorys sclateri); Sclater's cassowary (Casuarius sclateri) ... now usually considered conspecific with the Dwarf Cassowary; Colombian longtail snake (Enuliophis sclateri). Fellow 06/06/1861 32 John Percy; Charles Darwin; John Gould; John Tomes; John Barlow; Francis Galton; Robert Hudson; Henry Wentworth Dyke Acland; Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton Richard Owen; George Busk; John Lubbock; John Edward Gray; Joseph Dalton Hooker; Thomas Bell; Edwin Lankester; Edward William Brayley; Thomas Bell Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DSB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc Series B 1913-1914 vol 87 pp iii-v signed by F D G Notes: Thomas Bell has signed election certificate twice International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.1914.004 RCN 11006 RCN R63018 RCN 31588 RCN 39539 RCN 50890 RCN 50891 RCN 32417 RCN R63019 RCN R82598 RCN 51310 https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-12527 4 Nov 1829 - 27 Jun 1913 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 13/03/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA1406 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 08/09/2025 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/44414898 e4a0d911-3ef4-4a41-acf8-24db5ac95e70