Henry Saxby
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Dr Henry Linckmeyer Saxby (1836-1873) was an English born ornithologist most famous for his work in Shetland.
Saxby was born in London and his father, Stephen Martin Saxby
, was of some renown himself, as a naval architect, inventor and weather forecaster. Henry Saxby first visited Shetland in 1854, assisting his elder brother, Stephen Henry Saxby (1831-1886) to collect bird specimens. In 1858, Henry Saxby returned to Shetland to Unst
and in 1859 he married Jessie Edmondston, youngest daughter of Laurence Edmondston
. To many Shetlanders, J. M. E. Saxby, a prolific author, is the better known of the two. Henry Saxby was the island doctor for most of his residence on Unst. In 1871, he took his family to Argyllshire, but he was already ill and he died two years later. He had started work on a manuscript, eventually published in 1874 as The Birds of Shetland after it was edited and annotated by Stephen Saxby, who was now a vicar in Somerset
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Saxby was born in London and his father, Stephen Martin Saxby
Stephen Martin Saxby
Stephen Martin Saxby was a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy of England during the 1800s. Saxby practiced a form of Meteorological astrology or Pseudo Meteorology in the Victorian Era. Through his calculations he predicted a storm called the Saxby Gale. Saxby also published a book in 1864 called the...
, was of some renown himself, as a naval architect, inventor and weather forecaster. Henry Saxby first visited Shetland in 1854, assisting his elder brother, Stephen Henry Saxby (1831-1886) to collect bird specimens. In 1858, Henry Saxby returned to Shetland to Unst
Unst
Unst is one of the North Isles of the Shetland Islands, Scotland. It is the northernmost of the inhabited British Isles and is the third largest island in Shetland after the Mainland and Yell. It has an area of .Unst is largely grassland, with coastal cliffs...
and in 1859 he married Jessie Edmondston, youngest daughter of Laurence Edmondston
Laurence Edmondston
Dr. Laurence Edmondston was a British-born naturalist and doctor who lived in Shetland, Scotland, United Kingdom.Although his family originally lived on the island of Hascosay in Shetland, Laurence lived with his brother Thomas on Unst...
. To many Shetlanders, J. M. E. Saxby, a prolific author, is the better known of the two. Henry Saxby was the island doctor for most of his residence on Unst. In 1871, he took his family to Argyllshire, but he was already ill and he died two years later. He had started work on a manuscript, eventually published in 1874 as The Birds of Shetland after it was edited and annotated by Stephen Saxby, who was now a vicar in Somerset
Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
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