George Ernest Shelley
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Captain George Ernest Shelley (May 15, 1840 - November 29, 1910) was an English
geologist
and ornithologist. He was a nephew of the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley
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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).
Illustrations appearing in Handbook to the Birds of Egypt--
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England
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geologist
Geologist
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and ornithologist. He was a nephew of the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Percy Bysshe Shelley was one of the major English Romantic poets and is critically regarded as among the finest lyric poets in the English language. Shelley was famous for his association with John Keats and Lord Byron...
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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).
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Illustrations appearing in Handbook to the Birds of Egypt--
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