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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. & Rosanne Walker updated 2025-04-09 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001324b.htm person Le Souef Ernest Albert AACR2 13 September 1869 27 November 1937 Place of Birth Elwood, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia Zoo director Ornithologist Ernest Le Souef was Director of the Perth Zoological Gardens 1897-1935 and lectured part-time in agriculture and veterinary science at the University of Western Australia 1919-1932.

Born Melbourne, 13 September 1869. Died Margaret River, Western Australia, 27 November 1937. Son of A.A.C. Le Souef. Educated Melbourne Veterinary College and University of Melbourne (BVSc 1911). Accountant, Zoological and Acclimatization Society of Victoria 1888-95; qualified as a veterinary surgeon 1895; honorary veterinary surgeon to the Society 1895-97; foundation director, Perth Zoological Gardens 1897-1932; veterinary adviser for the Margaret River district, Agricultural Bank 1932-35. Part-time lecturer in agriculture, University of Western Australia 1919-32; lecturer (part-time) in charge of the department of veterinary science from 1926 and founded a museum in the zoo used by students for practical anatomy and physiology. Served in the Veterinary Service in the Boer War 1899-1902 and in World War I, reaching the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. President, Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union 1930-31.

 Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union (1910 - 1997)

President 1930 - 1931

 The Zoological Parks Authority (1919 - )

Inaugural Director c.1897 - 1932

 Le Souef, Albert Sherbourne (1877 - 1951)

Ernest and Albert were brothers

 Le Souef, Albert Alexander Cochrane (1828 - 1902)

Ernest was Albert's son

 Le Souef, John Cecil (1905 - 1982)

John was the nephew of Ernest

 Le Souef, William Henry Dudley (1856 - 1923)

William and Ernest were brothers

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 Le Souef, Ernest (18690913-19371127)

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 'Le Souef, Ernest Albert', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Le Souef, Ernest Albert Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation 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 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 Ernest Albert Le Souef - Records Zoological Parks Board of NSW Ernest Albert Le Souef - Records 1916 - 1939 Information and records in the papers and press-cuttings of A.S. Le Souef c1916-39.