Albert Sherbourne Le Souef
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Albert Sherbourne Le Souef (1877 - 1951) was an Australia
n zoologisthttp://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100666b.htm.
Le Souef was the son of Albert Alexander Cochrane Le Souef
(1828 - 1902) and brother of Ernest Albert Le Souef
and Dudley Le Souef
. He was the first director of the Taronga Zoo
from 1916 to 1939. He wrote The Wild Animals of Australasia (1926) with Henry Burrell
.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n zoologisthttp://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100666b.htm.
Le Souef was the son of Albert Alexander Cochrane Le Souef
Albert Alexander Cochrane Le Souef
Albert Alexander Cochrane Le Souef was an Australian zoologist.Le Souef was the director of the Melbourne Zoo from 1882 to 1902. He was the father of the zoologists Ernest Albert Le Souef, Dudley Le Souef and Albert Sherbourne Le Souef....
(1828 - 1902) and brother of Ernest Albert Le Souef
Ernest Albert Le Souef
Ernest Albert Le Souef was an Australian zoologist.Le Souef was born in Melbourne, the son of Albert Alexander Cochrane Le Souef. He was a director at the Perth Zoological Gardens from its foundation in 1898 until 1935....
and Dudley Le Souef
Dudley Le Souef
William Henry Dudley Le Souef was a founding member and founding Secretary of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union in , also serving as President of that body 1907-1909....
. He was the first director of the Taronga Zoo
Taronga Zoo
Taronga Zoo is the city zoo of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Officially opened on 7 October 1916, it is located on the shores of Sydney Harbour in the suburb of Mosman...
from 1916 to 1939. He wrote The Wild Animals of Australasia (1926) with Henry Burrell
Henry Burrell
Henry James Burrell was an Australian naturalist who specialised in the study of monotremes. He was the first person to successfully keep the Platypus in captivity and was a lifelong collector of specimens and contributor of journal articles on monotremes.-Biography:Henry James Burrell was born at...
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External Links
- Le Souef, Albert Sherbourne (1877-1951) National Library of Australia, Trove, People and Organisation record for Albert Sherbourne Le Souef