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James Douglas Ogilby

James Douglas Ogilby
Born16 February 1853
Belfast, Ireland
Died11 August 1925 (1925-08-12) (aged 72)
Brisbane, Australia[1]
Occupation(s)ichthyologist, herpetologist

James Douglas Ogilby (16 February 1853 – 11 August 1925) was an Australian ichthyologist and herpetologist.[2]

Ogilby was born in Belfast, Ireland, and was the son of zoologist William Ogilby and his wife Adelaide, née Douglas. He received his education at Winchester College, England, and Trinity College, Dublin.[2]

Ogilby worked for the British Museum before joining the Australian Museum in Sydney. After being let go for drunkenness in 1890, he picked up contract work before joining the Queensland Museum in Brisbane circa 1903.[3]

He was the author of numerous scientific papers on reptiles,[2][4][5][6] and he described a new species of turtle and several new species of lizards.[7]

Death

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Ogilby died on 11 August 1925 at the Diamantina Hospital[8] in Brisbane and was buried at Toowong Cemetery.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "The Names You Know, The People You Don't - James Douglas Ogilby" (PDF). www.aquariumindustries.com.au. 26 March 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d Walsh, G.P. "Ogilby, James Douglas (1853–1925)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Archived from the original on 5 May 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  3. ^ "James Douglas Ogilby (1853–1925)". Biography — James Douglas Ogilby. Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 11 , 1988. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  4. ^ James Douglas Ogilby (1893), Edible fishes and crustaceans of New South Wales, Sydney C. Potter, Govt. printer, retrieved 6 December 2018
  5. ^ James Douglas Ogilby (1892), Catalogue of Australian mammals with introductory notes on general mammalogy, Sydney Australian Museum; printed by order of the Trustees, retrieved 6 December 2018
  6. ^ Ogilby, J. Douglas (James Douglas); Ogilby, J. Douglas (James Douglas), 1853–1925 (1886), Catalogue of the fishes of New South Wales : with their principal synonyms, T. Richards, Govt. Printer, retrieved 6 December 2018{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ "Search results - The Reptile Database".
  8. ^ Saunders, Brian (2012). Discovery of Australia's Fishes: A History of Australian Ichthyology to 1930. CSIRO Publishing. p. 237. ISBN 978-0-643-10672-7.
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