Richard Lydekker

Course of the line named after Lydekker

Richard Lydekker (born July 25, 1849 in London , † April 16, 1915 in Harpenden ) was an English naturalist , geologist and paleontologist .

Life

In 1874 he worked at the Geological Survey of India and wrote studies on fossil vertebrates of the north of India , especially of Kashmir . In 1882 he returned to England and was employed at the British Museum in the Geology and Zoology Department. From 1887 to 1913 he was responsible for the vertebrates in this museum. He cataloged fossil vertebrates from 1885 to 1887 and published this catalog in five volumes. Another four-volume catalog on fossil reptiles and amphibians he wrote and published between 1888 and 1890. In 1891 a catalog on fossil birds and An Introduction to the Study of Mammals Living and Extinct followed , together with William Henry Flower (1831–1899). In 1893 he traveled to Argentina to research the fossil mammals there. A year later he became a member of the Royal Society and from 1898 to 1900 he served on the Council of the Zoological Society of London . He died in Harpenden in 1915. In 1916 his three-volume work Wild Life of the World was published posthumously.

Lydekker line

The Lydekker line is named after Richard Lydekker . It runs along the continental Schelfes of Sahul and marks the boundary between Wallacea as well as the Australian biogeographical region .

Works (selection)

• A geographical history of mammals . Cambridge 1896 doi: 10.5962 / bhl.title.31155
• Wild oxen, sheep & goats of all lands, living and extinct . London 1898 doi: 10.5962 / bhl.title.8851
• The geographical distribution and geological development of mammals . 2nd edition, Jena 1901 doi: 10.5962 / bhl.title.15820
• The game animals of India, Burma, Malaya, and Tibet . London 1907 doi: 10.5962 / bhl.title.16137
• The game animals of Africa . London 1908 doi: 10.5962 / bhl.title.21674 doi: 10.5962 / bhl.title.15320
• Animal portraiture . London 1912 doi: 10.5962 / bhl.title.60811

Web links

Commons : Richard Lydekker  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• www.wku.edu Chrono-Biographical Sketches