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I open this thread only because of Athene granti Sharpe, 1888

The Key to Scientific Names - Birds of the World have him as
William Robert Ogilvie-Grant (1863-1924) Scottish ornithologist at BMNH 1882-1918, collector in Aden, Socotra, Madeira and the Azores (subsp. Acanthisitta chloris, subsp. Accipiter nisus, subsp. Aerodramus vanikorensis, subsp. Aethomyias spilodera, syn. Alopecoenas beccarii solomonensis, subsp. Camaroptera chloronota, Horizocerus, syn. Lophura nycthemera, syn. Melaenornis pallida parvus, subsp. Meliphaga mimikae, subsp. Napothera epilepidota, syn. Neocossyphus poensis praepectoralis, Ninox, syn. Oriolus szalayi, syn. Pellorneum ruficeps olivaceum, Penelope, subsp. Ptiloprora plumbea, Ptilopsis, subsp. Rhipidura rufifrons (ex Rhipidura harterti Ogilvie-Grant), subsp. Sturnus vulgaris, Sula).
William Robert Ogilvie-Grant (1863-1924) Scottish ornithologist (syn. Cinnyris chloropygius, syn. Halcyon leucocephala pallidiventris, subsp. Patagioenas subvinacea, Phylloscopus, syn. Pternistis bicalcaratus adamauae).

Instead of Ninox it is now placed in the genus Athene.
He was dealt more or less also Madeira and Azores subspecies and Oriolus isabellae Ogilvie-Grant, 1894 and Carpodectes hopkei von Berlepsch, 1897 and A couple of open Stone questions .
Acanthisitta chloris granti
Mathews & Iredale 1913 OD ser.10:v.1=no.1-4 (1913) - Ibis - Biodiversity Heritage Library
Sturnus vulgaris granti Hartert, E 1903 OD Bd.1 (1910) - Die Vögel der paläarktischen Fauna - Biodiversity Heritage Library
gesammelt von R. Ogilvie Grant
Accipiter nisus granti Sharpe, 1890 OD ser.6:v.5=no.25-30 (1890) - The Annals and magazine of natural history - Biodiversity Heritage Library
My colleage Mr. W. R. Ogilvie Grant....
Athene granti Sharpe, 1888 OD 1888 - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London - Biodiversity Heritage Library
No obvious dedication
Collocalia vanikorensis granti Mayr, 1937 https://digitallibrary.amnh.org/ser.../450593c8-8ec4-44ef-bd09-542bb842611b/content Syn.: Aerodramus vanikorensis yorki (Mathews, 1916)
I name this race in honor of the late Ogilvie-Grant, who was the first ornithologist to recognize the specific distinctness of Collocalia vanikorensis and hirundinacea.
Aethomyias spilodera granti Hartert, E 1930 OD v. 36 (1930-31) - Novitates zoologicae - Biodiversity Heritage Library
...name them in memory of Oglive-Grant, who...
Camaroptera chloronota granti Alexander, 1903 OD v.10-15=no.65-117 [v.10 Incomplete] (1899-1905) - Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club - Biodiversity Heritage Library
No obvious dedication
Horizocerus granti (Hartert, E 1895) OD v. 2 (1895) - Novitates zoologicae - Biodiversity Heritage Library
I have named the bird in honour of Mr. W. R. Oglive Grant, who described the Bacerotidae in the Cat. Birds B. M., vol xvii.
Microptilotis mimikae granti (Rand 1936) https://digitallibrary.amnh.org/ser.../ae238d29-dc4b-4929-9a9d-84b0437e39e0/content
Ogilvie-Grant (1915, Ibis, Jub. sup., p. 68) first pointed out that this form occurred in southeast New Guinea (the specimen Rothschild and Hartert recorded in 1907, Nov. Zool., p. 482) and noted its larger size.
Napothera epilepidota granti (Richmond, 1900)OD v.22=no.1179-1205 (1900) - Proceedings of the United States National Museum - Biodiversity Heritage Library
mentioned by Mr. Grant Ibis, 1896, p. 60
Penelope jacquacu granti Berlepsch, 1908 OD v. 15 (1908) - Novitates zoologicae - Biodiversity Heritage Library
...by M. Grant now wanting a name, I have much pleasure in proposing for the name P. granti.
Ptiloprora plumbea granti Mayr, 1931OD v.51=no.344-352 (1930-1931) - Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club - Biodiversity Heritage Library
Remarks. I name the new bird in honour of the late Mr. Oglivie-Grant, who....
Ptilopsis granti (Kollibay, 1910) OD 18, 1910 - Ornithologische Monatsberichte - Biodiversity Heritage Library
Im Ibis 1906 S. 660 wies Oglivie-Grant...
Rhipidura rufofronta granti Hartert, E 1918 OD v.38-40=no.227-252 (1917-1920) - Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club - Biodiversity Heritage Library
...pointed out by Mr. Oglivie-Grant...
Sula granti Rothschild, 1902 OD v.10-15=no.65-117 [v.10 Incomplete] (1899-1905) - Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club - Biodiversity Heritage Library
Mr. Oglivie-Grant has done good work...
Phlegaenas granti Salvadori, 1893
Ph. solomonensis Grant
Bradyornis granti Bannerman, 1911 v.27-28=no.163-171 (1910-1911) - Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club - Biodiversity Heritage Library
Bradyornis, sp. inc., Oglivie-Grant , Ibis, 1907, p. 592
Mimeta granti Mathews 1917 OD ser.10:v.4=no.[13-16] (1916) - Ibis - Biodiversity Heritage Library
It would have been interesting to read Mr. Ogilivie-Grant's comments on my notes, ....
Pellorneum ruficeps granti Harington, 1913 OD https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/101093#page/119/mode/1up
...very well-marked subspecies after Mr. W.R. Ogilvie-Grant.
Neocossyphus granti Alexander 1908 OD https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100926#page/387/mode/1up
Mr. Ogilvie-Grant has already pointed out ('Ibis,' 1908, p. 300)....
Patagioenas subvinacea ogilviegranti (Chubb, 1917) OD https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100942#page/31/mode/1up
No dedication bit somehow obvious.
Phylloscopus ogilviegranti (La Touche, 1922)OD https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100930#page/277/mode/1up
I name this bird in honour of M. W. R. Oglivie-Grant, who some years ago pointed out its distinctness to me.
Anthreptes ogilvie-granti Bannerman 1922 OD https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100930#page/231/mode/1up
Mr. Oglivie-Grant lomg ago recognized...
Halcyon leucocephala ogilviei C. H. B. Grant 1914 OD https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100962#page/58/mode/1up
Obs. This bird is named in honour of Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant.
Francolinus bicalcaratus ogilvie-granti Bannerman, 1922 OD https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100930#page/354/mode/1up
No clear dedication.

Personally I would attribute him as well Phoeniculus damarensis granti (Neumann, 1903) OD https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/101406#page/200/mode/1up . This is because of the introduction where Neumann mentioned the London Museum. But I would not Eexclude Claude Henry Baxter Grant fully.

Bronze Ground Dove Phlegaenas granti Salvadori, 1893 NCR [JS Gallicolumba beccarii solomonensis]
Nazca Booby Sula granti Rothschild, 1902
Grant's Bluebill Spermophaga poliogenys Ogilvie-Grant, 1906 [Alt. Grant's Red-headed Bluebill]
Ant Thrush sp. Neocossyphus granti B. Alexander, 1908 NCR [Alt. White-tailed Ant Thrush; JS Neocossyphus poensis praepectoralis]
Silver Pheasant Gennaeus granti Oates, 1910 NCR [JS Lophura nycthemera rufipes]
Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti Kollibay, 1910
Grant's Starling Aplonis mystacea Ogilvie-Grant, 1911 [Alt. Yellow-eyed Starling]
Flycatcher sp. Bradyornis granti Bannerman, 1911 NCR [Alt. Pale Flycatcher; JS Bradornis pallidus parvus]
Solomon Hawk Owl ssp. Ninox jacquinoti granti Sharpe, 1888
Eurasian Sparrowhawk ssp. Accipiter nisus granti Sharpe, 1890
Black Dwarf Hornbill ssp. Tockus hartlaubi granti Hartert, 1895
Eyebrowed Wren-babbler ssp. Napothera epilepidota granti Richmond, 1900
Olive-green Camaroptera ssp. Camaroptera chloronota granti Alexander, 1903
Green-backed Guan Penelope jacquacu granti Berlepsch, 1908
Rifleman ssp. Acanthisitta chloris granti Mathews & Iredale, 1913
Rufous Fantail ssp. Rhipidura rufifrons granti Hartert, 1918
Pale-billed Scrubwren ssp. Sericornis spilodera granti Hartert, 1930
Leaden Honeyeater ssp. Ptiloprora plumbea granti Mayr, 1931
Mottle-breasted Honeyeater ssp. Meliphaga mimikae granti Rand, 1936
Uniform Swiftlet ssp. Aerodramus vanikorensis granti Mayr, 1937 NCR [JS Aerodramus vanikorensis yorki]
(See Ogilvie-Grant)

Grant's Blue Flycatcher Cyornis hainanus Ogilvie-Grant, 1900 [Alt . Hainan Blue Flycatcher]
Ogilvie-Grant's Warbler Phylloscopus subaffinis Ogilvie-Grant, 1900 [Alt. Buff-throated Warbler]
Grant's Wood-hoopoe Phoeniculus granti Neumann, 1903 [Syn. Phoeniculus damarensis granti]
Grant's Starling Aplonis mystacea Ogilvie-Grant, 1911 [Alt. Yellow-eyed Starling]
Sunbird sp. Anthreptes ogilviegranti Bannerman, 1921 NCR [Alt. Olive - bellied Sunbird; JS Cinnyris chloropygius]
Kloss's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus ogilviegranti La Touche, 1922
Grey-headed Kingfisher ssp. Halcyon leucocephala ogilviei C. H. B. Grant, 1914 NCR [JS Halcyon leucocephala pallidiventris]
Ruddy Pigeon ssp. Patagioenas subvinacea ogilviegranti Chubb, 1917
Double-spurred Francolin ssp. Pternistis bicalcaratus ogilviegranti Bannerman, 1922
Red-billed Brush-turkey ssp. Talegalla cuvieri granti Roselaar, 1994
William Robert Ogilvie-Grant (1863–1924) was a Scottish ornithologist. He was Curator of Birds at the BMNH (1909–1918), having started work there aged 19. He enlisted with the First Battalion of the County of London Regiment at the beginning of WW1 and suffered a stroke whilst helping to build fortifications near London (1916). He is famed for describing a number of well-known species, such as the huge Philippine Eagle Pithecophaga jefferyi. He wrote A Hand-book to the Game Birds (1895) and is also remembered in the name of a mammal. (Also see Grant, Ogilvie)

Several obituaries can be found here https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1474-919X.1924.tb05353.x , https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/auk/v041n04/p0643-p0649.pdf and https://britishbirds.co.uk/sites/default/files/V18_N04_P104-105_OB019.pdf

I am not sure about Gennaeus granti Oates, 1910 and Talegalla cuvieri granti Roselaar, 1994 (as I did not check them).

Not birds

Feel free to add anything of value.
 
I am not sure about Gennaeus granti Oates, 1910
Yes : ser.8:v.5=no.25-30 (1910) - The Annals and magazine of natural history - Biodiversity Heritage Library

and Talegalla cuvieri granti Roselaar, 1994 (as I did not check them).
In part : Naturalis Institutional Repository: Systematic notes on Megapodiidae (Aves, Galliformes), including the description of five new subspecies

"The reason to use the name granti for the newly described race of T. cuvieri is threefold: (1) in honour of C. H. B. Grant (1878-1958), the collector of the type specimen, who made the British Ornithologists' Union Expedition to New Guinea successful by coming to help when a disaster appeared unevitable due to the untimely death of the expedition's bird collector W. Stalker on the Mimika River in 1910, and who, among others, later made important contributions to Afrotropical ornithology (Mackworth-Praed 1958); (2) in honour of W. R. Ogilvie-Grant (1863-1924), who did the research on the ornithological collection of the British Ornithologists' Union Expedition to New Guinea and who published many articles on all fields of ornithology, including a revision of the Megapodiidae in 1893 (Anonymus 1924); (3) to draw attention to the large size of the bird (Latin grandis - large, great), though admittedly grandis or major would have been a more correct adjective in this respect."

(Shouldn't this arguably have been grantorum ? In the above, the personal name "Grant" is the name of two men. I don't know what to do with (3) in this context, however.)
 
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(Shouldn't this arguably have been grantorum ? In the above, the personal name "Grant" is the name of two men. I don't know what to do with (3) in this context, however.)
Couldn't it (all together) have been grantium, or even tres- alt. trigrantium (even if never used, or suggested, of course) ...

:rolleyes:
 
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