George Ernest Shelley

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Captain George Ernest Shelley (15 May 1840 – 29 November 1910) was an English geologist and ornithologist. He was a nephew of the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.

Shelley was educated at the Lycée de Versailles and served a few years in the Grenadier Guards.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

His books included A Monograph of the Cinnyridae, or Family of Sun-Birds (1876–1880),<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> A Handbook to the Birds of Egypt (1872)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> and The Birds of Africa (5 volumes, 1896–1912) illustrated by J. G. Keulemans.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal (with bibliography of publications by G. E. Shelley)</ref>

External links

• Template:Internet Archive author
• Illustrations appearing in Handbook to the Birds of Egypt Template:Webarchive

Template:England-biologist-stub Template:UK-geologist-stub Template:UK-ornithologist-stub