Charles Walter De Vis
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Charles Walter De Vis (Birmingham, England, May 9, 1829 — Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, April 30, 1915), known as Devis before about 1882, was an English zoologist and ornithologist. Initially a cleric, he gave up his ecclesiastical functions to devote himself to science, initially in England then after 1870 in Australia.
His principal work concerned the fossil birds of Queensland (Darling Downs) and southern Australia (Cooper Creek), but he also described a number of extant bird species.
He was a founder member of the Royal Society of Queensland of which he served as president in 1888-1889, and founder member and first vice-president of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union.
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