George Frederick Leycester Marshall
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George Frederick Leycester Marshall (March 27, 1843 - March 7, 1934) was a Colonel in the Indian Army
and brother of C. H. T. Marshall
and uncle of Guy Anstruther Knox Marshall
. He was a naturalist
interested in the birds and butterflies of India. Marshall described several new species of butterflies, along with Lionel de Nicéville
, and discovered the White-tailed Iora
, sometimes referred to as Marshall's Iora. He wrote The butterflies of India, Burmah and Ceylon.
Indian Army
The Indian Army is the land based branch and the largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. With about 1,100,000 soldiers in active service and about 1,150,000 reserve troops, the Indian Army is the world's largest standing volunteer army...
and brother of C. H. T. Marshall
Charles Henry Tilson Marshall
Charles Henry Tilson Marshall was a British Army Officer, serving in the Punjab, India. In his spare time he collected birds in the Punjab and the Himalayas, and sent these to Allan Octavian Hume. He was the brother of George Frederick Leycester Marshall, with whom he published ornithological...
and uncle of Guy Anstruther Knox Marshall
Guy Anstruther Knox Marshall
Sir Guy Anstruther Knox Marshall , was an Indian-born British entomologist and authority on Curculionidae....
. He was a naturalist
Natural history
Natural history is the scientific research of plants or animals, leaning more towards observational rather than experimental methods of study, and encompasses more research published in magazines than in academic journals. Grouped among the natural sciences, natural history is the systematic study...
interested in the birds and butterflies of India. Marshall described several new species of butterflies, along with Lionel de Nicéville
Lionel de Nicéville
Charles Lionel Augustus de Nicéville was a curator at the Indian Museum in Calcutta . He studied the butterflies of South Asia and wrote a three volume monograph on the butterflies of India, Pakistan, Burma and Sri Lanka.Born in a noble Huguenot family, his father was a physician. He was educated...
, and discovered the White-tailed Iora
White-tailed Iora
The White-tailed Iora or Marshall's Iora , is a songbird in the genus Aegithina found in parts of India and Sri Lanka.-Distribution and identification:...
, sometimes referred to as Marshall's Iora. He wrote The butterflies of India, Burmah and Ceylon.