Björn Bergenholtz
(former alias "Calalp")
As I just happened to have a glance at him (and "his" Bird), here's a quick look (but nothing major, and nothing contradictory) re. the guy commemorated in ...
wollastoni as in:
• the Alpine Pipit ssp. Anthus gutturalis wollastoni OGILVIE-GRANT 1913 (here), as "Anthus wollastoni", no out-spoken dedication, but the report itself starts with the phrase:
In the same BBOC he's also mentioned, even earlier (on p. IV), as:
Also note that Wollaston himself was present at the same meeting, at (BOC's Classic retreat) Pagani’s Restaurant, in London, when Ogilvie-Grant "exhibited" those Birds (see page 99). As well, see the preceding page to the OD's presentation (page 102) where the same:
And (on p.XIII) in the List of Members (for June 1913) he's listed as:
All in line with what's told in the Key:
The only thing I might add is that he, among friends, seems to have been called 'Sandy' (from Alexander, I assume) ... Dr. (medical/surgeon) Naval Surgeon in East Africa in WW1, brother-in-law, of/to the (somewhat notorious) ornithologist Richard Meinertzhagen.
And, that Wollaston, after his great adventures, ended up teaching at Cambridge, England ... where he met his End. Shot dead, by a "deranged "student!
Imagine that, after having survived the African and New Guinean Tropical Forests, the frozen Himalayas and the windy Andes (as well as many, many other Places), ... then suddenly killed, in his own Study, at Kings Collage, Cambridge. An unexpected, and abrupt, finale of a Spectacular Life.
But it's quite a Story!
Björn
PS. Even more info on Wikipedia here (incl. a Photo of 'Sandy' himself).
wollastoni as in:
• the Alpine Pipit ssp. Anthus gutturalis wollastoni OGILVIE-GRANT 1913 (here), as "Anthus wollastoni", no out-spoken dedication, but the report itself starts with the phrase:
In the same BBOC he's also mentioned, even earlier (on p. IV), as:
Also note that Wollaston himself was present at the same meeting, at (BOC's Classic retreat) Pagani’s Restaurant, in London, when Ogilvie-Grant "exhibited" those Birds (see page 99). As well, see the preceding page to the OD's presentation (page 102) where the same:
And (on p.XIII) in the List of Members (for June 1913) he's listed as:
All in line with what's told in the Key:
The only thing I might add is that he, among friends, seems to have been called 'Sandy' (from Alexander, I assume) ... Dr. (medical/surgeon) Naval Surgeon in East Africa in WW1, brother-in-law, of/to the (somewhat notorious) ornithologist Richard Meinertzhagen.
And, that Wollaston, after his great adventures, ended up teaching at Cambridge, England ... where he met his End. Shot dead, by a "deranged "student!
Imagine that, after having survived the African and New Guinean Tropical Forests, the frozen Himalayas and the windy Andes (as well as many, many other Places), ... then suddenly killed, in his own Study, at Kings Collage, Cambridge. An unexpected, and abrupt, finale of a Spectacular Life.
But it's quite a Story!
Björn
PS. Even more info on Wikipedia here (incl. a Photo of 'Sandy' himself).
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