George Lyell
Deceased Person
1866 – 1951
Who was George Lyell?
George Lyell was an Australian naturalist. He was born on 25 July at Ararat, Victoria. His father, George senior, was a printer born in Scotland; his mother, Jane, was born in England. Lyell was educated at Stawell State School. In his late teens, his family moved to South Melbourne, and Lyell worked for seven years, progressing from a position as a junior clerk to becoming the head of a dairy machinery department. In 1890 Lyell accepted a partnership with a different dairy appliance manufacturer, which was also the sole supplier of entomological equipment in Victoria.
In 1914, together with Gustavus Athol Waterhouse, Lyell published The Butterflies of Australia,a comprehensive description of hundreds of species, including many that had never been described in prior publications.
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