Eugene William Oates
| Eugene William Oates | |
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| Born |
31 December 1845 Sicily, Italy |
| Died | 16 November 1911 (aged 65) Edgbaston, England |
| Education | Sydney College, Bath |
| Occupation | Ornithologist |
Eugene William Oates (December 31, 1845 – November 16, 1911) was an English naturalist.
Oates was born in Sicily and educated in Bath, England. For a time he attended Sydney College, Bath and later under private tutors. He was a civil servant in the Public Works Department in India and Burma from 1867 to 1899. He retired to England, where he compiled a catalogue of the birds' eggs in the Natural History Museum, and served as secretary of the British Ornithologists' Union from 1898 to 1901.
He died in Edgbaston.
A species of Indian snake, Typhlops oatesii, is named in his honor.
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