Edgar Leopold Layard
British diplomat and ornithologist (1824-1900) · Politicians · Died at 75
Edgar Leopold Layard MBOU, was a British diplomat and a naturalist mainly interested in ornithology and to a lesser extent the molluscs. He worked for a significant part of his life in Ceylon and later in South Africa, Fiji and New Caledonia.
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He studied the zoology of these places and established natural history museums in Sri Lanka and South Africa. Several species of animals are named after him.
