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Albert Sherbourne Le Souef

From the list of elephant persons Family: Le Souef

Albert Sherbourne Le Souef
Profession zoo director
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Born in Australia
Dead in Australia
Country Australia
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Title director 1916-1939
Location at Sydney Zoo in Australia
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Biography details

Albert Sherbourne Le Souef , zoo director in Australia

in Australia in Australia , son of director Albert Le Souef and artist Caroline Le Souef .

Albert Sherbourne Le Souef (30 January 1877 – 31 March 1951) was an Australian zoologist.

Le Souef was the son of Albert Alexander Cochrane Le Souef (1828–1902) and Caroline Le Souef (1834–1915), daughter of ornithologist John Cotton.

Two of his brothers were zoologists Ernest Albert Le Souef and Dudley Le Souef. He was the first director of the Taronga Zoo from 1916 to 1939. He published The Wild Animals of Australasia (1926) with Henry Burrell, with text on bats contributed by Ellis Troughton but otherwise largely plagiarised from an earlier work by Oldfield Thomas.

Siblings

Siblings through the father Albert Le Souef (1828-04-17 -- 1902-05-07):

  1. Ernest Le Souef Born 1869-09-13 Dead: † 1937-11-27
  2. William Le Souef Born 1856-09-28 Dead: † 1923-09-06

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Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). director Albert Sherbourne Le Souef in Australia. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 16 February 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=475. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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