Philip Lutley Sclater | |
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Born | Tangier Park, Wootton St Lawrence, Hampshire | 4 November 1829
Died | 27 June 1913 | (aged 83)
Education | Winchester College |
Alma mater | Corpus Christi College, Oxford |
Occupation(s) | Lawyer, zoologist |
Children | William Lutley Sclater Jnr. |
Parent | William Lutley Sclater |
Philip Lutley Sclater FRS FRGS FZS FLS (4 November 1829 – 27 June 1913) was an English lawyer and zoologist.[2][3] In zoology, he was an expert ornithologist, and identified the main zoogeographic regions of the world. He was Secretary of the Zoological Society of London for 42 years, from 1860 to 1902.