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Henry Seebohm
Henry Seebohm

Henry Seebohm

English, 1832 – 1895
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Henry Seebohm was an English steel manufacturer, and amateur ornithologist, oologist and traveller.

Henry was the oldest son of Benjamin Seebohm (1798–1871) who was a wool merchant at Horton Grange, Bradford. The family had moved to England from Bad Pyrmont in Germany. Henry's mother Estther Wheeler (1798–1864) was a granddaughter of William Tuke. The Seebohms were active in the Society of Friends and Henry schooled within the community in York. He worked initially in a grocery as an assistant but moved to Sheffield where he became a steel manufacturer. He married Maria, daughter of George John Healey, a merchant in Manchester on 19 January 1859.

Henry became interested in natural history at school and continued to spend his spare time studying birds on his journeys. He travelled widely visiting Greece, Scandinavia, Turkey, and South Africa. His expeditions to the Yenisey tundra of Siberia were described in his two books, Siberia in Europe (1880) and Siberia in Asia (1882), which were combined in the posthumous publication The Birds of Siberia (1901). His expeditions included the lower Pechora River in 1875 along with John Alexander Harvie-Brown as well as a visit to Heligoland at the home of Heinrich Gätke. In 1877 he joined Joseph Wiggins to Siberia.

He was one of the first European ornithologists to accept the American trinomial system to classify sub-species.

Seebohm's other publications included A History of British Birds (1883), The Geographical Distribution of the family Charadriidae (1887), The Birds of the Japanese Empire (1890) and A Monograph of the Turdidae (1902, completed by Richard Bowdler Sharpe).

Seebohm bequeathed his collection of bird-skins to the British Museum. The collection which was received in 1896 consisted of nearly 17,000 specimens. A number of birds were named after Seebohm, including the grey emutail (Dromaeocercus seebohmi) by Bowdler Sharpe. A portrait of Seebohm in oil by Hugh Ford Crighton is held by Sheffield Museums.

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Merula Kessleri

Merula Kessleri (1899-1902)

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Merula Kinnisi

Merula Kinnisi (1899-1902)

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Merula Leucops

Merula Leucops (1899-1902)

Henry Seebohm (English, 1832 – 1895)
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Merula Ludoviclae

Merula Ludoviclae (1899-1902)

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Merula Mandarina

Merula Mandarina (1899-1902)

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Merula Mareensis

Merula Mareensis (1899-1902)

Henry Seebohm (English, 1832 – 1895)
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Merula Merula

Merula Merula (1899-1902)

Henry Seebohm (English, 1832 – 1895)
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Merula Mindorensis

Merula Mindorensis (1899-1902)

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Merula Naumanni

Merula Naumanni (1899-1902)

Henry Seebohm (English, 1832 – 1895)
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Merula Nigrescens

Merula Nigrescens (1899-1902)

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Merula Nigriceps

Merula Nigriceps (1899-1902)

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Merula Nigropileus

Merula Nigropileus (1899-1902)

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Merula Nigrorum

Merula Nigrorum (1899-1902)

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Merula Obscura

Merula Obscura (1899-1902)

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Merula Olivatra

Merula Olivatra (1899-1902)

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Merula Pallida

Merula Pallida (1899-1902)

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Merula Papuensis

Merula Papuensis (1899-1902)

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Merula Poliocephala

Merula Poliocephala (1899-1902)

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Merula Polionota, Merula Melanopleura

Merula Polionota, Merula Melanopleura (1899-1902)

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Merula Pritzbueri

Merula Pritzbueri (1899-1902)

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Merula Protomomelaena

Merula Protomomelaena (1899-1902)

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Merula Reevei

Merula Reevei (1899-1902)

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Merula Reevi

Merula Reevi (1899-1902)

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Merula Roraimae

Merula Roraimae (1899-1902)

Henry Seebohm (English, 1832 – 1895)
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Merula Ruficollis

Merula Ruficollis (1899-1902)

Henry Seebohm (English, 1832 – 1895)
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Merula Rufitorques

Merula Rufitorques (1899-1902)

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Merula Samoensis

Merula Samoensis (1899-1902)

Henry Seebohm (English, 1832 – 1895)
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Merula Seebohmi

Merula Seebohmi (1899-1902)

Henry Seebohm (English, 1832 – 1895)
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Merula Serrana

Merula Serrana (1899-1902)

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Merula Simillima

Merula Simillima (1899-1902)

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