Dudley Le Souef

W. H. D. Le Souef

William Henry Dudley Le Souef (28 September 1856 – 6 September 1923) was a founding member and founding Secretary of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union (RAOU) in 1901, also serving as President of that body 1907-1909. His egg collection was sold to Henry Luke White, becoming part of the H. L. White Collection which passed to the National Museum of Victoria.

Le Souef was the son of Albert Alexander Cochrane Le Souef and brother of Ernest Albert Le Souef and Albert Sherbourne Le Souef.^[1]

Works

The animals of Australia : animals, reptiles and amphibians, by Arthur Henry Shakespeare Lucas, assisted by Le Souef. Melbourne: Whitcombe and Tombs, 1909.
The birds of Australia, by Arthur Henry Shakespeare Lucas and Le Souef. London: Whitcombe and Tombs Limited, 1911.

References

↑ Parsonson, Ian (1998). The Australian Ark: A History of Domesticated Animals in Australia. Australia: Csiro Publishing. p. 104. Retrieved 20 January 2016.

Robin, Libby. (2001). The Flight of the Emu: a hundred years of Australian ornithology 1901-2001. Carlton, Vic. Melbourne University Press. ISBN 0-522-84987-3

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[CSIRO1998-1] Parsonson, Ian (1998). The Australian Ark: A History of Domesticated Animals in Australia. Australia: Csiro Publishing. p. 104. Retrieved 20 January 2016.