Eugene William Oates
English naturalist
Died on: November 16, 1911, Aged: 65 years 320 days (790 months)Birth Sign: Capricorn
Eugene William Oates (31 December 1845 – 16 November 1911) was an English naturalist and a civil engineer who worked on road projects in Burma.
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, a Burmese frog, Humerana oatesii, and seven species of birds are named in his honor.
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