Who was Philip Sclater and what did he discover?

Philip Lutley Sclater was a prominent 19th-century English lawyer, zoologist, and expert ornithologist. He served as the Secretary of the Zoological Society of London for over four decades and made foundational contributions to zoogeography by identifying the main zoogeographic regions of the world.

What we know

• Philip Lutley Sclater lived from 4 November 1829 to 27 June 1913. [1, 2]
• Sclater worked professionally as both a lawyer and a zoologist, specializing as an ornithologist. [2]
• He identified the main zoogeographic regions of the world. [2]
• He served as the Secretary of the Zoological Society of London for 42 years, from 1860 to 1902. [2]

Where to go next

• how it workedWhat are zoogeographic regions?
• what followedWhat is the history of the Zoological Society of London?
• compared withWho was Richard Bowdler Sharpe?
• the bigger pictureWho are some other notable 19th-century biologists?
• an unexpected connectionWho was Fredericus Anna Jentink?

Sources

• [1]Philip Sclater (Wikidata Q435725) · CC0 1.0
• [2]Philip Sclater · CC BY-SA 4.0
• [3]Richard Bowdler Sharpe · CC BY-SA 4.0
• [4]List of biologists · CC BY-SA 4.0
• [5]Fredericus Anna Jentink · CC BY-SA 4.0