Gilbert, Percy Albert   (1881 - 1960)

Born at Church Street, Parramatta (Sydney), NSW, on 20 May 1881; died at Lakemba (Sydney), NSW, on 7 July 1960.

Percy was a company secretary by profession.

He was a talented naturalist who specialised in birds and both native and cultivated orchids.

He wrote two highly successful books on orchids - The charm of growing orchids and Orchids, their culture and classification - and was made an honorary life member of the Orchid Society of New South Wales, The Sydney Orchid Society and the Australian Orchid Society.

Gilbert's ornithological talents were equally impressive, especially his studies on bird behaviour. He was made an honorary member of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union (RAOU) in 1958 after a fifty year association with them. Gilbert authored many important articles in Emu, the RAOU's scientific journal, and in other journals such as the Australian Zoologist. He often supplied many of his own illustrations and photographs for he was very talented in those fields as well.

Source: Extracted from: https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004716b.htm
Extracted from book: 'Passions in Ornithology: A century of Australian Egg Collectors' (2020), Mason & Pfitzner, Canberra. [consult for source references]
Portrait Photo: none found yet.

Collecting localities for 'Gilbert, P.A.' from AVH (2022)

Data from 18 specimens