    philip lutley sclater frs frgs fzs fls (4 november 1829 â 27 june 1913) was an english lawyer and zoologist. in zoology, he was an expert ornithologist, and identified the main zoogeographic regions of the world. he was secretary of the zoological society of london for 42 years, from 1860&ndash;1902. == early life == sclater was born at tangier park, in wootton st lawrence, hampshire, where his father william lutley sclater had a country house. george sclater-booth, 1st baron basing was philip's elder brother. philip grew up at hoddington house where he took an early interest in birds. he was educated in school at twyford and at thirteen went to winchester college and later christ church, oxford, where he studied scientific ornithology under hugh edwin strickland. in 1851 he began to study law and was admitted a fellow of corpus christi college. in 1856 he travelled to america and visited lake superior and the upper st. croix, canoeing down it to the mississippi. sclater wrote about this in "illustrated travels". in philadelphia he met baird, john cassin and joseph leidy at the academy of natural sciences. after returning to england, he practised law for several years and attended meetings of the zoological society. == career == in 1858, sclater published a paper in the proceedings of the linnean society, setting up six zoological regions which he called the palaearctic, aethiopian, indian, australasian, nearctic and neotropical. these zoogeographic regions are still in use. he also developed the theory of lemuria during 1864 to explain zoological coincidences relating madagascar to india. in 1874 he became private secretary to his brother george sclater-booth, mp (later lord basing). he was offered a perm
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