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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2025-11-07 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000730b.htm person Ramsay Edward Pierson AACR2 Ramsay, Edward Pearson 3 December 1842 16 December 1916 Place of Birth Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Zoologist Museum curator Ornithologist Edward Ramsay was Curator of the Australian Museum 1874-1894 and was a consulting ornithologist 1894-1909. He was a founder of the Linnean Society of New South Wales in 1874 and played a prominent role in government zoological matters particularly fisheries.

Born Dobroyd Estate, Long Cove, Sydney, 3 December 1842. Died Sydney, 16 December 1916. Educated University of Sydney (studied medicine 1863-65). Honorary LLD, St Andrews University, Scotland 1886. Collecting expedition for Rufous Scrub-Bird, Clarence and Richmond rivers 1866; Dobroyd New Plant and Seed Nursery 1867-68; owner, Iindah sugar plantation, Maryborough district, Queensland 1868 for several years; councillor, Australian Museum, Sydney 1874-94, where he added 17,600 skins, including the Dobroyd Collection made by him and his brothers, published a Catalogue of the Australian Birds in the Australian Museum at Sydney in four parts 1876-94 and began publishing the Records of the museum in 1890; consulting ornithologist to the Museum 1895-1916. Trustee, Hyde, Phillip and Cook parks from 1878, trustee, Zoological Station, Watsons Bay from 1879. Founding treasurer, Entomological Society of New South Wales 1861; member, Philosophical Society (New South Wales) 1865; corresponding member, Zoological Society of London 1866; a founder, Linnean Society of New South Wales 1874. Member, Royal Commission on the Fisheries of New South Wales 1880; member, New South Wales Commission for the Melbourne International Exhibition 1880; Commissioner for New South Wales and Tasmania, International Fisheries Exhibition, London, 1883, receiving a gold medal and a diploma of honour; "Mitglied", Imperial Zoological and Botanical Society of Vienna 1883; Corresponding Member, Italian Anthropological Society 1883; Knight of the Crown of Italy 1884; medal for exhibits, Colonial and Indian Exhibition, London 1886; life member, Royal Society of Edinburgh; member, Royal Irish Academy. As well as ornithology he worked in the areas of ichthyology, herpetology, mammalogy and botany.

A son, John Simeon Pierson Ramsay, became a well-known ornithologist, specialising in photography.

1865 1866 Career position - Member, Philosophical Society of New South Wales 1874 1882 Career position - Member of Council, Linnean Society of New South Wales 1874 1894 Career position - Curator, Australian Museum 1885 1890 Career position - Member of Council, Linnean Society of New South Wales 1895 1916 Career position - Consulting ornithologist, Australian Museum Meston, Archibald (1851 - 1924) Laporte, François Louis (1810 - 1880) Philosophical Society of New South Wales (1856 - 1866)

Member 1865 - 1866

 Linnean Society of New South Wales (1874 - )

Member of Council 1874 - 1882 and 1885 - 1890

 Records of the Australian Museum (1890 - )

Editor 1890 - 1891

 Entomological Society of New South Wales [I] (1862 - 1873)

Founding Treasurer 1862

 Australian Museum (1827 - ) 1874 1894

Curator 1874 - 1894; Consulting ornothologist 1985 - 1916

 Ramsay, James (1838 - 1913)

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 Ramsay, E P (18421203-19161216)

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 'Ramsay, Edward Pierson', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Ramsay, Edward Pierson Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Obituary Notice [Edward Pierson Ramsay] Etheridge, R. Obituary Notice [Edward Pierson Ramsay] 1917 Museum Records 11 204-17 Book Section: Ramsay, Edward Pierson (1842-1916), ornithologist and zoologist Chisholm, A. H. Ramsay, Edward Pierson (1842-1916), ornithologist and zoologist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1976 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 6: 1851 - 1890 R - Z Bede Nairn 3-4 Journal Article: Notes of a collection of birds from the Norman River, Gulf of Carpentaria, with descriptions of some new species Castelnau, le Comte de and Ramsay, E. P. Notes of a collection of birds from the Norman River, Gulf of Carpentaria, with descriptions of some new species 1877 Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 379-95 Journal Article: Zoology of the Chevert - ornithology, part II Ramsay, E. P. Zoology of the Chevert - ornithology, part II 1878 Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 3 1 100-16 Journal Article: Exploration of New Guinea: report on the collections Ramsay, E. P. Exploration of New Guinea: report on the collections 1888 Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, New South Wales Branch 3/4 207-8 Journal Article: Australian museums, Aboriginal skeletal remains, and the imagining of human evolutionary history Turnbull, Paul Australian museums, Aboriginal skeletal remains, and the imagining of human evolutionary history 2015 Museum & society 13 1 72-87 Journal Article: "Ramsay's regime": the Australian Museum and the procurement of Aboriginal bodies, c. 1874 - 1900 Turnbull, Paul "Ramsay's regime": the Australian Museum and the procurement of Aboriginal bodies, c. 1874 - 1900 1991 Aboriginal history 15 2 108-21 Journal Article: A detailed report on the birds collected on the Chevert Expedition to New Guinea, in 1875 Fulton, Graham R. A detailed report on the birds collected on the Chevert Expedition to New Guinea, in 1875 2021 Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 143 9-36 Journal Article: Zoology of the Chevert mammals, part 1 Ramsay, E. P. Zoology of the Chevert mammals, part 1 1877 Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 7-19 Journal Article: Notes on the mammals collected on the Chevert Expedition, to New Guinea, in 1875 Fulton, Graham R. Notes on the mammals collected on the <span style="font-style:italic">Chevert</span> Expedition, to New Guinea, in 1875 2018 Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 140 1-6 Journal Article: A Survey of Australian Ichthyology Whitley, G. P. A Survey of Australian Ichthyology 1964 Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89 Book: Dictionary of Australian biography Serle, Percival Dictionary of Australian biography Sydney Angus & Robertson 1949 Book: Capturing nature: early scientific photography at the Australian Museum 1857 - 1893 Finney, Vanessa Capturing nature: early scientific photography at the Australian Museum 1857 - 1893 Sydney NewSouth Publishing 2019 Book: The Flight of the Emu: a Hundred Years of Australian Ornithology 1901-2001 Robin, Libby The Flight of the Emu: a Hundred Years of Australian Ornithology 1901-2001 Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2001 Edward Pearson Ramsay - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Edward Pearson Ramsay - Records ML MSS 2278 1862 - 1893 Records 1862-93 including family papers, notebooks and diaries with sketches. Edward Pearson Ramsay - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Edward Pearson Ramsay - Records ML MSS 1370 1865 - 1893 Correspondence and other documents including illustrated material 1865-93 mostly concerning his anthropological work. 2 volumes, 1 folder Edward Pearson Ramsay - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Edward Pearson Ramsay - Records ML MSS 1589 1862 - 1903 Correspondence 1862-1903 mostly concerning Australian history and his work at the Australian Museum. 8 volumes John Gould - Records National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection John Gould - Records MS 454 1838 - 1884 10 letters from John Gould in London to Edward Pierson Ramsay in Australia, 1865-1869. The letters concern Gould's publications, shipment of specimens collected on Ramsay's scientific expeditions, and discussion of those specimens. Also receipts and legal papers issued to Ramsay concerning his actions in Australia on Gould's behalf. 137 pages Edward Pearson Ramsay - Records Australian Museum Edward Pearson Ramsay - Records Series 134 1880 - 1886 E.P. Ramsay personal records 1880-86 mainly composed of research notes on marine zoology including fishes and sponges. 0.065 m Edward Pearson Ramsay - Records Royal Society of New South Wales Edward Pearson Ramsay - Records 1856 - 1865 Minute books of the Royal Society of New South Wales 1856-65. Edward Pearson Ramsay - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Edward Pearson Ramsay - Records ML MSS 563 1860 - 1912 Correspondence and miscellaneous papers 1860-1912, containing letters dealing with natural history received from scientific colleagues, including, W.T. Denison, W. Woolls, W.B. Clarke, S. Diggles, A.W. Scott and his daughters Harriett and Helena, C. French (senior), K.H. Bennett, J. MacGillivray, G.W. Barnard, W.E. Armit, K. Broadbent, J.T. Cockerell, J. Rainbird, R. Grant, T.A. Gulliver, S. White, J.F. Wilcox, Count Castlenau [Laporte, François] and F. Mueller. 7 volumes Ferdinand Jakob Heinrich von Mueller - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Ferdinand Jakob Heinrich von Mueller - Records ML MSS 562 1862 - 1873 Letters to E. P. Ramsay, 1862-1891, written from Melbourne, mainly regarding botanical specimens sent to him by Ramsay. Also includes several letters from Andrew Goldie to E. P. Ramsay. 1 volume Gregory Macalister Mathews - Records National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection Gregory Macalister Mathews - Records MS 1465 1900 - 1949 Manuscript and typescript material relating to Mathews's published and projected work including photographs and original drawings, offprints of articles, press-cutting books 1910-43 and photographs; correspondence 1928-35, 1929, and personal letters and papers; overall dates c1900-49. Also includes some papers of Roy Bell, T. H. Bowyer-Bower, Sylvester Diggles, John Gould, G. R. Gray, Tome Iredale, Richard Bowdler Sharpe and C. J. Temminck. 4.1 m John Gould - Records National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection John Gould - Records MS 1755 1888 - 1951 Typescript copies of letters: H. Lotheran & Co. to E. P. Ramsay, 17.8.1888; E.P. Ramsay to E. Johnson, 21.10.1890; J. Gibson to E.P. Ramsay, 21.4.1891; G.K. Sircom to E.P. Ramsay, 7.5.1891; Tom Iredale, An amazing discovery, 1951. 7 pages