Charles Walter De Vis (Birmingham, England, May 9 1829 - Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, April 30 1915), known as Devis before about 1882, was an English zoologist and ornithologist. Initially a cleric, he gave up his ecclesiastical functions to devote himself to science, initially in England then after 1870 in Australia. His principal work concerned the fossil birds of Queensland (Darling Downs) and southern Australia (Cooper Creek), … Wikipedia
Charles Walter de Vis was Curator of the Queensland Museum 1882-1905 but remained on the staff as consulting scientist until 1912. He gave up the church early in his career to devote himself to science, first in England and later in Australia. www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/biogs/P000039b.htm
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