Richard Bowdler Sharpe
Richard Bowdler Sharpe (22 November 1847 – 25 December 1909) was an
English zoologist and
ornithologist who worked as curator of the bird collection at the
British Museum of natural history. In the course of his career he published several monographs on bird groups and produced a multi-volume catalogue of the specimens in the collection of the museum. He described many new
species of bird and also has had species named in his honour by other ornithologists including
Sharpe's longclaw (''Macronyx sharpei'') and
Sharpe's starling (''Pholia sharpii'').
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