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thumb John Alexander Harvie-Brown (27 August 1844 – 26 July 1916) was a Scottish ornithologist and naturalist. ==Biography== J. A. Harvie-Brown was born near Larbert in central Scotland,〔http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf〕 the only son of John Harvie-Brown and his wife, Elizabeth Spottiswoode, who was the daughter of Thomas Spottiswoode of Dunipace〔Dunipace is about 9.5 kilometers from Falkirk.〕 (entitled "Thomas Spottiswoode, 6th of Dunipace"). J. A. Harvie-Brown inherited approximately 2100 acress near Dunipace. He was educated at Merchiston Castle School, and then attended both the University of Edinburgh and Cambridge University. As a wealthy landowner, he could dedicate himself to ornithology and other naturalistic studies without pursuing a profession. He made ornithological visits to Norway, Russia, Finland and Transylvania. Perhaps his most famous expedition was with Henry Seebohm to the lower reaches of the Pechora River in 1875, when the eggs of the grey plover and the little stint were discovered. For many years Harvie-Brown cruised each summer among the islands of the Scottish coast in his yacht the "Shiantelle" (built in 1887 in Fraserburgh). He, with H. W. Feilden, collected many eggs and birds' skins from the Hebrides, the Orkneys, the Faroes and even the island of Rockall (no eggs but birds' skins in the case of Rockall).〔 Harvie-Brown visited the island of Rockall in 1896 with Richard Barrington, Robert Lloyd Praeger and others on an expedition partly financed by the Royal Irish Academy and partly by Barrington and Harvie-Brown. Even though the waves were too rough for a landing, the expedition did observe birds and shoot a number of specimens, which were collected by dinghy.〕 However, in January 1897 a fire almost totally destroyed the collection. Harvie-Brown died in 1916, after a number of years of ill health. His burial was at Dunipace Old Cemetery. His publications in the scientific literature number close to 250 items. He was elected an Honorary Life Member of the American Ornithologists' Union. In 1912 the U. of Aberdeen conferred upon him the honorary degree of LL.D. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Alexander Harvie-Brown」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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