William Herbert St Quintin | |
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| Born | c. 1851 |
| Died | 21 January 1933 |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
| Occupation | Naturalist |
William Herbert St Quintin DL JP FZS (c. 1851-1933) was a British naturalist. [1] [2]
William Herbert St Quintin | |
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| Born | c. 1851 |
| Died | 21 January 1933 |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
| Occupation | Naturalist |
William Herbert St Quintin DL JP FZS (c. 1851-1933) was a British naturalist. [1] [2]
St Quintin was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford. He was a Justice of the peace from 1875 until his death, and served as the High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1899 and Deputy Lieutenant of the East Riding. [1]
St Quintin was a keen ornithologist, keeping a private collection of birds including Great bustards, a secretary bird, and a tūī. He was a founding member of the Avicultural Society in 1895, president of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union in 1909, a member of the British Ornithologists' Union from 1883 to 1922 and also served on the council of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds from 1908–1919. [1] St. Qunitin was the President of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society from 1914 until his death in 1933, and also served as the Honorary Curator of Zoology. [2]
In 1885 he married Violet Helen Duncombe and they had one daughter, Margery Violet St Quintin. [1]
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