Eugene W. Oates
English naturalist and civil engineer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Eugene William Oates (31 December 1845 ā 16 November 1911) was an English naturalist and a civil engineer who worked on road projects in Burma.
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Eugene William Oates | |
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Born | (1845-12-31)31 December 1845 |
Died | 16 November 1911(1911-11-16) (aged 65) |
Education | Sydney College, Bath |
Occupation | Ornithologist |
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Oates was born in Sicily and educated in Bath, England. For a time he attended Sydney College, Bath and later under private tutors.[1] He was a civil servant in the Public Works Department in India and Burma from 1867 to 1899. He retired to England, where he compiled a catalogue of the birds' eggs in the Natural History Museum, and served as secretary of the British Ornithologists' Union from 1898 to 1901.[2][3]
A species of Indian snake, Typhlops oatesii,[5] a Burmese frog, Humerana oatesii, and seven species of birds are named in his honor.[6]