William Henry Sykes
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Colonel William Henry Sykes, FRS was an English naturalist who served with the British military in India and was specifically known for his work with the Indian Army as a politician, Indologist and or
William Henry Sykes by Whitlock, 1860s
Sykes in 1857
Edward Blyth
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Edward Blyth was an English zoologist who worked for most of his life in India as a curator of zoology at the Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal in Calcutta. He catalogued the specimens in the collection
William Henry Sykes
…He used his influence during his position at the East India Company and Charles Darwin wrote to him to influence decisions in favour of including Edward Blyth on an expedition to China. Sykes's lark (Galerida deva) of peninsular India is named after him. In addition, a race of blue-headed wagtail (Motacilla…
Edward Blyth
Dedication page of Hume's "My Scrapbook" (1869)
Family grave of Edward Blyth in Highgate Cemetery (west side)