Edward Frederick Kelaart

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Lieutenant Colonel Edward Frederick Kelaart (1818 - August 31, 1867) was a Ceylonese-born physician and naturalist.

Kelaart served in the Ceylon Medical Service. He was in Gibraltar from 1843 to 1845. He was an active member of the Ceylon branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. He was the author of Prodromus fauna Zeylanica (1852).

The Black-throated Munia (Lonchura kelaarti) is named after him.

The standard author abbreviation Kelaart may be used to indicate this person in citing a botanical name.
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