Lionel Dietrichsen
Lionel Lorenzo Dietrichsen (1806–1846) was an English ornithologist who operated as a merchant at Oxford Street. He collected bird skins and described the species Parvipsitta porphyrocephala, which is known as Dietrichsen's lory, in 1832.[1] He died, unmarried, reportedly by nearly severing his own head.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2014). The Eponym Dictionary of Birds. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 343. ISBN 9781472905741.
- ^ "ACCIDENTS, OFFENCES, &C". South Australian Register. Vol. XI, no. 739. South Australia. 16 June 1847. p. 4. Retrieved 13 November 2018 – via National Library of Australia.