Edward Blyth
Edward Blyth | |
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| Born | 23 December 1810 London, England |
| Died | 27 December 1873 (aged 63) London, England |
| Resting place | Highgate Cemetery, North London |
| Known for | Catalogue of the Birds of the Asiatic Society, 1849; The natural history of the Cranes 1881 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Zoology |
| Institutions | Museum of the Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal, Kolkata |
| Author abbrev. (zoology) | Blyth |
Edward Blyth (23 December 1810 – 27 December 1873) was an English zoologist who worked for most of his life in India as a curator of zoology at the Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal in Calcutta (now Kolkata). He catalogued the specimens in the collection in his Catalogue of the Birds of the Asiatic Society in 1849. He did not collect specimens himself but received and described bird specimens from A.O. Hume, Samuel Tickell, Robert Swinhoe among others. His Natural History of the Cranes was published posthumously in 1881.