Charles Walter De Vis
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Charles Walter de Vis (9 May 1829,
botanist
.
He was born Charles Devis; he changed the spelling to De Vis about 1882.[2]
De Vis gained a BA from
Magdelene College, Cambridge in 1849, became a deacon in 1852, and was rector of Breane, Somerset, from 1855 to 1859.[4] He gave up his ecclesiastical functions to devote himself to science, initially in England then after 1870 in Australia.[1]
De Vis also wrote under the name of Thickthorn, the name of his home in Rockhampton.
He was a founder member of the Royal Society of Queensland, serving as president from 1888 to 1889, and a founder member and first vice-president of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union.[2]
His principal work concerned the
subfossil remains of extant birds for the remains of extinct prehistoric species[citation needed
].
Among species he described were the white-winged robin in 1890, and the frill-necked monarch in 1895.[5]
De Vis also worked in the scientific field of herpetology, and he described many new species of reptiles.[1][3]
De Vis is commemorated in the scientific name of an Australian venomous snake, Denisonia devisi.[6]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e "de Vis, Charles Walter (1829 - 1915)" — Australian Dictionary of Biography
- ^ a b c d "De Vis, Charles Walter (1829 - 1915)" — Encyclopedia of Australian science
- ^ a b "De Vis". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Church of England, Central Board of Finance, Church Commissioners (1865). Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1865. Oxford University Press. p. 176 [17].
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Frill-necked Monarch (Arses lorealis) — The Internet Bird Collection
- ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("De Vis", p. 71).
- ^ International Plant Names Index. De Vis.
External links
- De Vis Charles Walter — Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search
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