Dudley Le Souef

William Henry Dudley Le Souef (28 September 1856 – 6 September 1923) was a founding member and founding Secretary of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union (RAOU) in 1901, also serving as President of that body 1907–1909. His egg collection was sold to Henry Luke White, becoming part of the H. L. White Collection which passed to the National Museum of Victoria.

W. H. D. Le Souef

Around 1902 he succeeded his father as director of Melbourne Zoo, and held that position until March 1923, when he retired due to ill-health. He had been violently attacked and robbed in 1919[1] and never properly recovered. His successor was Andrew Wilkie.[2]

Le Souef was the son of Albert Alexander Cochrane Le Souef and brother of Ernest Albert Le Souef and Albert Sherbourne Le Souef.[3]

Works

The animals of Australia : animals, reptiles and amphibians, by Arthur Henry Shakespeare Lucas, assisted by Le Souef. Melbourne: Whitcombe and Tombs, 1909.
The birds of Australia, by Arthur Henry Shakespeare Lucas and Le Souef. London: Whitcombe and Tombs Limited, 1911.

References

"The Zoo Robbery". The Age. Victoria, Australia. 21 May 1919. p. 10. Retrieved 21 February 2020 – via Trove.
"Zoo Chief Dead". The Herald (Melbourne). Victoria, Australia. 6 September 1923. p. 5. Retrieved 21 February 2020 – via Trove.
Parsonson, Ian (1998). The Australian Ark: A History of Domesticated Animals in Australia. Australia: Csiro Publishing. p. 104. ISBN 9780643065673. Retrieved 20 January 2016.

Robin, Libby. (2001). The Flight of the Emu: a hundred years of Australian ornithology 1901-2001. Carlton, Vic. Melbourne University Press. ISBN 0-522-84987-3

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[1] "The Zoo Robbery". The Age. Victoria, Australia. 21 May 1919. p. 10. Retrieved 21 February 2020 – via Trove.

[2] "Zoo Chief Dead". The Herald (Melbourne). Victoria, Australia. 6 September 1923. p. 5. Retrieved 21 February 2020 – via Trove.

[CSIRO1998-3] Parsonson, Ian (1998). The Australian Ark: A History of Domesticated Animals in Australia. Australia: Csiro Publishing. p. 104. ISBN 9780643065673. Retrieved 20 January 2016.