Dr Guillemard, and "his" three Birds (1 Viewer)

[Björn Bergenholtz]

Here's a quick look at the eponym ...

guillemardi as in:
• the debated species Sulu Cuckooshrike, alt. subspecies (of the Bar-bellied) Cuckooshrike, Coracina (striata) guillemardi SALVADORI 1886 (here, in text):

ARTAMIDES POLLENS (Salvad.) Guillemard, P. Z. S. 1885, p 258. [= here]
This species included by Dr. Guillemard among the Sulu birds on the evidence of one specimen from Lapac Island. [...] ... for which I propose the name of Graucalus guillemardi.

Richmond Cards; here, and here. Also see Reichenow's comment here.


• the (Hair-crested) Drongo ssp. Dicrurus hottentottus guillemardi SALVADORI 1890 (here), as "Dicruropsis guillemardi":

Il Guillemard menziona un esemplare di Bisa, nel gruppo di Obi, che egli non riesce ad identificare. [...] ... ad un’unica specie, alla quale provvisoriamente ho dato il nome di D. guillemardi. ...

Note that Salvadori's OD have one single reference: "Dicruropsis sp. [sic] , Guillem. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 571", taking us here, to "DICRUROPSIS, sp. ?", written by Dr. "F. H. H. Guillemard ", M.A., M.D., F.L.S., &c."


• the (Red) Crossbill ssp. Loxia curvirostra guillemardi (von) MADARÁSZ 1903 (here), as "Loxia guillemardi":

Dr. Guillemard, der diese neue Art zuerst beobachtete (S. Ibis, 1889. p.217 [= here]) hat auf letztere Merkmale bereits seiner Zeit hingewiesen.

And that's it. All three (as far as I can tell) commemorating the same Dr. Guillemard ...

Though, the reason for this thread is due to the simple fact that there are different claims, in various sources, regarding his Birth year. Some (most) has his Birth year as "1853", but others are way off, with "1875" ... !?!

For example, see Pittie (2023*), who has him (on page 506) as:


Contrary to Jobling's Key in which this eponym used to be explained as (at least in late April of 2022, when I last checked it):

guillemardi
Dr Francis Henry Hill Guillemard (1853-1933) British geographer, zoologist, traveller (subsp. Coracina striata, subsp. Dicrurus hottentottus, subsp. Loxia curvirostra).

... which is somewhat different (!?!) in comparison with today's Key:

guillemardi
Dr Francis Henry Hill Guillemard (1852-1933) British geographer, zoologist, traveller (Coracina, subsp. Dicrurus hottentottus, subsp. Loxia curvirostra).

[As I cannot find a thread dealing with guillemardi I assume James have been working on this one himself, off-BirdForum]

However, if we read the Obituary (from 1934), after "Francis Henry Hill Guillemard", published in The Geographical Journal 83 (4): pp. 350–352, we find that it starts with the very words:

... who died at Trumpington, Cambridge, on 7 December 1933, aged eighty-one ..."

... indicating that Pittie, and the alleged Birth year of "1875" must be (completely) wrong, though, also, that 1852 could/might (just as well) be a possibility!? Just like we're told in today's Key.

Which would be in line with the Paper by Gábor Magyar (2019**), in which we're told (in detail) that Dr Guillemard was born on the 12th of September 1852, in Eltham, UK.

Is this correct? Or not?

Anyone who have seen an official Birth Record?

Björn

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*Pittie, A. 2023. An author bibliography of South Asian ornithology 1713–2022. Second edition. (Published on 10 February 2023): 1–1649. [here]
**Magyar, G. 2019. Magyar vonatkozású eponím madárnevek (Eponymous scientific bird names of Hungarian relevance). Aquila 126: pp.83–100 (in Hungarian, with English Summary, on pp.93–97). [here]

 

[l_raty]

His grave reads:

TO THE MEMORY OF
FRANCIS HENRY HILL GUILLEMARD
M. D., F. R. G. S.
BORN SEPT. 12th 1852
DIED DEC. 23rd 1933​

 

[PScofield]

Francis Henry Hill GUILLEMARD 1852–1933
pens Gonville & Caius College adm 1870:02:01
[5th] s. of MD, deceased Isaac GUILLEMARD Eltham, Kent ,
b. Eltham, Kent , 12 Sept 1852
Of Huguenot stock
Sch: Blackheath School ( Mr – EDWARDS ) [Blackheath], [Kent],
Sch: Richmond School Rev. W. HILEY Richmond, [Surrey ???],
Matric 1870:10MT:
BA 1874
MA 1877
MD 1881
University Lecturer in Geography: 1888
Naturalist and traveller: in Lapland , 1873
Naturalist and traveller: in Central Africa , 1876
Naturalist and traveller: in South Africa , 1877-78
Naturalist and traveller on: voyage of exploration in yacht Marchesa 1881-84
Naturalist and traveller in archipelago: Malaya , 1881-84
brought back large zoological collections from archipelago: Malaya , 1881-84
Naturalist and traveller: in Cyprus , 1887-88
Accompanied: Sir C. EVAN-SMITH British mission to Morocco Morocco , 1892
FLS
FZS
FRGS
collector of pictures
bequeathed pictures to Fitzwilliam Museum [Cambridge], [Cambridgeshire],
Of The Old Mill House, Trumpington, Cambridge, [Cambridgeshire],
Publ.: Cruise of the Marchesa Publ.: Life of Magellan Publ.: Australasia (with A. R. Wallace) Publ.: Ornithology of Cyprus etc
General editor: Cambridge Geographical Series
Publ.: Edited Stadling's Siberia, Beccari's Borneo, H. D. Traill's Egypt etc
Publ.: Wrote his reminiscences, Years that the Locust hath Eaten
deposited the MS. of his reminiscences, shortly before his death, in University Library
d. 1933:12:23
Refs: Venn, II. 391 Refs: Medical Directories Refs: Who was Who Refs: Cambridge Rev.iew 1934:01:19 Refs: The Times 1933:12:29