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3 unusual facts about Edward Arthur Butler


Edward Arthur Butler

His collections were acquired by the Natural History Museum in part directly and also through the collections of Allan Octavian Hume, Lord Rothschild and others.

He joined the army at the age of 21, and served in Gibraltar, India and South Africa.

He is commemorated in the scientific specific name for Hume's Owl, Strix butleri.



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