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William Vincent Legge
Born(1841-09-02)2 September 1841
Cullenswood, Van Diemen's Land
Died25 March 1918(1918-03-25) (aged 76)
NationalityAustralian
OccupationMilitary Officer
Known forAuthor of History of the Birds of Ceylon

Colonel William Vincent Legge (2 September 1841 – 25 March 1918) was an Australian soldier and an ornithologist who documented the birds of Sri Lanka. Legge's hawk-eagle is named after him as is Legge's flowerpecker and Legges Tor, the second highest peak in Tasmania.

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William Legge may refer to: William Legge (Royalist) (1608–1670), British Member of Parliament for Southampton, 1661–1670 William Legge (MP for Portsmouth)...

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army officer William Vincent Legge (1841–1918), Australian ornithologist Legge romanization, a transcription system for Mandarin Chinese Legge-Bourke, a...

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Walk to the West

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Charles Percy Sprent, William Piguenit, Robert Mackenzie Johnston, William Vincent Legge, George Samuel Perrin, and Henry Vincent Bayly in 1887 from Hobart...

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Legges Tor

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It is the second highest mountain in Tasmania and named after William Vincent Legge who explored the region. It is an unimposing feature on the plateau...

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Cullenswood

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near St Marys. The historic home of the Legge family, past residents have included Colonel William Vincent Legge, who was born at the property on 2 September...

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Colony of Tasmania

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made for two of the colony's three Ranger Infantry units. Colonel William Vincent Legge, the commander of the Colonial Tasmanian Military Forces, sought...

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List of ornithologists

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Souef – Australia Elsie P. Leach – England William Elford Leach – England John Legg – England William Vincent Legge – Australia Johann Philipp Achilles Leisler...

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Colonial forces of Australia

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military was 634 men. Further reorganisations under commandant Colonel William Vincent Legge in 1882–83 resulted in the establishment of an engineer corps establishment...

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King Island emu

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to the smaller size of the former. The Australian ornithologist William Vincent Legge also coined a name for these remains in 1906, Dromaius bassi, but...

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Stacks Bluff

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Ben Lomond was conducted from September 1905 to 1912 by Colonel William Vincent Legge, Stacks Bluff was found to be the second highest feature on the...

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John Gerrard Keulemans

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including Buller's A History of the Birds of New Zealand (1873, 1888), William Vincent Legge's History of the Birds of Ceylon (1880), Daniel Giraud Elliot's Monograph...

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Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union

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where office-bearers were elected. The first president was Colonel William Vincent Legge of Tasmania, the secretary was Dudley Le Souef, the treasurer Robert...

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1878 in birding and ornithology

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Scaly-breasted honeyeater, Fischer's turaco, Death of George Dawson Rowley William Vincent Legge A history of the birds of Ceylon Published by the author [1878-1880]...

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List of wedding guests of Prince William and Catherine Middleton

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Landon Tiggy Legge-Bourke (former nanny to Prince William) and Charles Pettifer Captain Jack Mann (polo player; friend of Prince William's) Lady Laura...

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William Vincent Wallace

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Pougin: William Vincent Wallace. Étude biographique et critique (Paris: A. Ikelmer et Cie., 1866). Legge, Robin Humphrey (1899). "Wallace, William Vincent" ...

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Richard III of England

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propaganda. An intermediate view was provided by Alfred Legge in The Unpopular King (1885). Legge argued that Richard's "greatness of soul" was eventually...

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William Hoste

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Hoste. Priscilla Anne Hoste (Unknown – 21 October 1854). Admiral Sir William Legge George Hoste (19 March 1818 – 10 Sept 1868). Theodore Oxford Raphael...

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Confucius

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 133. Huang 2013, p. 3. Creel 1949, p. 25. Rainey 2010, p. 16. Legge 1887, p. 260. Legge 1887, p. 259. Yao 1997, p. 29. Yao 2000, p. 23. Rainey 2010, p...

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List of British generals and brigadiers

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1825—1902), Madras Staff Corps General the Honourable Arthur Legge Brigadier-General William Kaye Legge General Sir Baldwin Leighton, 6th Baronet (1747–1828)...

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Michael Spilotro

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Polish-American brothers Peanuts Pancsko, Butch Pancsko and Pops Pancsko, Frank DeLegge, French-Canadian Michael LaJoy, Joseph D'Argento, Swedish-American Gerald...

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Indonesia

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Cordell Productions. Ricklefs 1991, pp. 280–283, 284, 287–290. John D. Legge (1968). "General Suharto's New Order". Royal Institute of International...

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Callitris rhomboidea

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2013-1.RLTS.T42208A2961655.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021. Legge, W. Vincent (William Vincent) (1911), Report on the Tasmanian cypress pine (Callitris Rhomboidea) :...

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