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27 december 1873 charles darwin london british zoology museum calcutta of the royal asiatic society of bengal , 23 december 1810 '' '' , 1849 ; '' the natural history of the catalogue cranes '' 1881 of the birds of the asiatic society edwardblyth.jpg edward blyth
 edward blyth
edward blyth

edward blyth -lrb- 23 december 1810 -- 27 december 1873 -rrb- was an english zoologist and pharmacist .
he was one of the founders of zoology in india .
blyth was born in london in 1810 .
in 1841 he travelled to india to become the curator of the museum of the royal asiatic society of bengal .
he set about updating the museum 's catalogues , publishing a `` catalogue of the birds of the asiatic society '' in 1849 .
he was prevented from doing much fieldwork himself , but received and described bird specimens from a.o. hume , samuel tickell , robert swinhoe and others .
he remained as curator until 1862 , when ill-health forced his return to england .
his `` natural history of the cranes '' was published posthumously in 1881 .
species bearing his name include blyth 's hawk-eagle , blyth 's reed warbler , blyth 's leaf warbler and blyth 's pipit .
