Edward Pierson Ramsay (December 3, 1842 - December 16, 1916) was an Australian zoologist specialized in ornithology. December 3 is the 337th (in leap years the 338th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1842 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... December 16 is the 350th day of the year (351st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1916 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) Events January-February January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ... Zoology (Greek zoon = animal and logos = word) is the biological discipline which involves the study of animals. ... Ornithology (from the Greek ornitha = chicken and logos = word/science) is the branch of biology concerned with the scientific study of birds. ...

He was born in Dobroyd Estate, Long Cove, Sydney and studied medicine from 1863 to 1865 at the University of Sydney. Sydneys skyline with the Opera House on the left Sydney is the capital city of the Australian state of New South Wales and Australias largest and oldest city, founded in 1788. ... Medicine is a branch of health science concerned with restoring and maintaining health. ... 1863 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1865 is a common year starting on Sunday. ... The University of Sydney, established in 1850, is the oldest university in Australia, and it is located in Sydney, the capital city of the state of New South Wales. ...

Although he never had had any formal scientific training in zoology, he had a keen interest in natural history and published many papers. He became the first Australian-born Curator of the Australian Museum. From 1876 until 1894, when he had to resign due to his declining health, he published a Catalogue of the Australian Birds in the Australian Museum at Sydney in four parts. The Australian Museum is the oldest museum in Australia, centering on natural history and anthropology, with collections centering on vertebrate and invertebrate zoology, as well as minerology, palaeontology, and anthropology. ... 1876 is a leap year starting on Saturday. ... 1894 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

In 1883 Ramsay traveled to London to attend the International Fisheries Exhibition. At that time he met Military Surgeon Francis Day who had collected fishes over several decades in India, Burma, Malaysia and other areas in southern Asia. Ramsay negotiated to purchase a portion of Day's collection, including about 150 of Day's type specimens.

After his resignation as Curator, he served the Australian Museum as "consulting ornithologist" until 1909. He died 1916 in Sydney. 1909 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1916 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) Events January-February January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ...

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[1] (http://www.amonline.net.au/fishes/about/research/ramsay.htm)