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Richard Bowdler Sharpe

Born

in London, England, The United Kingdom

November 22, 1847

Died

December 25, 1909

Genre

Nature, Science, Nonfiction

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Sharpe was born in London and studied at Brighton College, The King's School, Peterborough and Loughborough Grammar School. At the age of sixteen he went to work for Smith & Sons in London. In 1864 he commenced his first ornithological work, the Monograph of the Kingfishers (1868–71).

In 1867 Sharpe was given the post of librarian of the Zoological Society, on the recommendation of Osbert Salvin and Philip Sclater. On the death of George Robert Gray in 1872 he joined the British Museum as a Senior Assistant in the Department of Zoology, taking charge of the bird collection. He became Assistant Keeper in 1895, remaining there until his death from pneumonia.

Sharpe founded the British Ornithologists' Club in 1892 and edited its bulletin. He wro ...more

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Richard Bowdler Sharpe’s books

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	A Chapter on Birds: Rare British Birds by Richard Bowdler Sharpe, John Gerrard Keulemans (Creator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Catalogue of the Accipitres, or Diurnal Birds of Prey, in the Collection of the British Museum 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2003 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Catalogue of the Striges, or Nocturnal Birds of Prey, in the Collection of the British Museum 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2003 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Handbook To The Birds Of Great Britain V2 (1896) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2010 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum: Chenomorph (Palamede, Phnicopteri, Anseres), Crypturi, and Ratit, by T. Salvadori... by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (Creator), British Museum (Natural History) (Creator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Recent attempts to classify birds 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, Vol. 1 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Coloured Figures of the Eggs of British Birds: With Descriptive Notices by Richard Bowdler Sharpe, Henry Seebohm 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2015 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hand-book to the Birds of Great Britain 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Analytical Index to the Works of John Gould, F.R.S 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1994 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars