George Ernest Shelley
English geologist and ornithologist
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| Intro | English geologist and ornithologist | |
| Places | United Kingdom Great Britain England | |
| was | Geologist Zoologist Scientist | |
| Work field | Biology Science | |
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| Birth | 15 May 1840 | |
| Death | 29 November 1910London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom (aged 70 years) |
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Captain George Ernest Shelley (15 May 1840 – 29 November 1910) 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 (1878), A Handbook to the Birds of Egypt (1872) and The Birds of Africa (5 volumes, 1896 - 1912).