George Ernest Shelley

Geologist, Deceased Person

1840 – 1910

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Who was George Ernest Shelley?

Captain George Ernest Shelley was an English geologist and ornithologist. He was a nephew of the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.

Shelley was educated at the Lycée de Versailles and served a few years in the Grenadier Guards.

His books included A Monograph of the Cinnyridae, or Family of Sun Birds, A Handbook to the Birds of Egypt and The Birds of Africa.

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Born
May 15, 1840
Nationality
  • United Kingdom
Profession
Died
Nov 29, 1910
London

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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