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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy [P004098]; Rosanne Walker updated 2025-04-09 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001323b.htm person Le Souef William Henry Dudley AACR2 28 September 1856 6 September 1923 Place of Birth Elwood, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Zoo director Ornithologist William Le Souef was appointed Assistant-Secretary to the Zoological and Acclimatization Society of Victoria in 1874. Between 1880-1888 he made collecting trips overseas and in 1902 he succeeded his father A.A.C. Le Soeuf (qv) as Director of the Melbourne Zoological Gardens.

Born Elwood, Victoria, 28 September 1856. Died Melbourne, 6 September 1923. Educated Crediton Grammar School, Devonshire, England. Assistant-secretary, Zoological and Acclimatization Society of Victoria 1874-90, making collecting trips overseas 1880-88; Assistant-director, Melbourne Zoological Gardens 1890-1902, Director 1902-23, replacing bars with high walls and moats, hidden from view by simulated rocks and logs. President, Australasian Ornithologists' Union 1907-09. His collection of birds' eggs became part of the H.L. White (q.v.) collection and is now in the National Museum, Melbourne. Collected insects. Austromalaya souefi Distant, 1910, named after him. Nature photographer and lantern lecturer. Wrote Wildlife in Australia (1907), Animals of Australia (1909, with A.H.S. Lucas, q.v.) and Birds of Australia (1911, with A.H.S. Lucas).

 Le Souef, John Cecil (1905 - 1982)

William was John's father

 Le Souef, Albert Alexander Cochrane (1828 - 1902)

Albert was William's father

 National Museum of Victoria (1858 - 1983)

Le Souef's egg collection was donated to the Museum as part of H. L. White collection

 Australasian Ornithologists' Union (1901 - 1910)

President 1907 - 1909

 Melbourne Zoological Gardens (c. 1857 - 1977)

Director 1902 - 1923

 Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria (1872 - 1910)

Assistant Secretary 1874 - 1890

 Le Souef, Albert Sherbourne (1877 - 1951)

William and Albert were brothers

 Le Souef, Ernest Albert (1869 - 1937)

William and Ernest were brothers

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 Le Souëf, W H Dudley (18560928-19230906)

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 'Le Souef, William Henry Dudley', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Le Souef, William Henry Dudley Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: An Australian bird book: a complete guide to the identification of the Australian species Leach, J. A. An Australian bird book: a complete guide to the identification of the Australian species Melbourne Whitcomb and Tombs 1911 Article: The Le Soeuf Family Tradition O'Sullivan, Lisa The Le Soeuf Family Tradition 1995 Australasian Science Winter Book Section: Le Souef, Albert Sherbourne (1877-1951), zoo director and scientist Butcher, A. Dunbavin Le Souef, Albert Sherbourne (1877-1951), zoo director and scientist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1986 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 10: 1891 - 1939 Lat-Ner Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 78-80 Journal Article: Acclimatisation in Victoria Le Souef, W. H. D. Acclimatisation in Victoria 1890 Report of the Meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 2 476-81 Book: The birds of Australia Lucas, A. H. S.; and Le Souëf, W. H. Dudley The birds of Australia Melbourne Whitcombe and Tombs 1911 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 Le Souëf Family Archives - Records State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection Le Souëf Family Archives - Records MS 13490 William Henry Dudley Le Souef - Records State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection William Henry Dudley Le Souef - Records 1881 - 1884 Photocopy of a diary of a voyage to India, America, Africa and other places in search of animals for the Melbourne Zoological Gardens, 7 December 1881 - 23 September 1884 [MS 9097]. William Henry Dudley Le Souef - Records Zoological Parks Board of NSW William Henry Dudley Le Souef - Records 1916 - 1923 Information and records in the papers and press-cuttings of A.S. Le Souef c1916-23.