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Edward Pierson RamsayEdward Pierson Ramsay (December 3, 1842 - December 16, 1916) was an Australian zoologist specialized in ornithology. He was born in Dobroyd Estate, Long Cove, Sydney and studied medicine from 1863 to 1865 at the University of Sydney. Although he never had had any formal scientific training in zoology, he had a keen interest in natural history and published many papers. He became the first Australian-born Curator of the Australian Museum. From 1876 until 1894, when he had to resign due to his declining health, he published a Catalogue of the Australian Birds in the Australian Museum at Sydney in four parts. After his resignation as Curator, he served the Australian Museum as "consulting ornithologist" until 1909. He died 1916 in Sydney. Ramsay, Edward Pierson Ramsay, Edward Pierson Ramsay, E
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