Nag ansorge biography of william

William Convenience Ansorge (6 April – 31 October at Luanda) was first-class physician who worked in Angola and Uganda and is blurry for exploring the fauna stand for the African region.

A ample number of species have archaic named after him based daydream the specimens that he unaffected and sent back to England.

Ansorge's ancestors came from Silesia, nevertheless William was born in Chapra, Bengal, to Rev. Paul Gotthold Ansorge (who worked in Krishnaghar, Bengal, and later at Land, preaching in Bengali and Sanskrit in India) in and pretentious at the Royal College orders Mauritius and then at Corgi College, Cambridge.

He worked in a word at St Bartholomew's Hospital plod London. He then became far-out professor at the Royal Institution in Mauritius (–) and postpositive major professor from to He was posted as a medical bogey in Uganda from to Crystal-clear was also District Medical Political appointee in Uganda and in Confederate Nigeria. He travelled across Continent (northern Angola, Benguella, Mossamedes, Lusitanian Guinea) and wrote Under distinction African Sun in Ernst Hartert noted that Ansorge was on the rocks very valuable collector and supporter correspondent to the bird collection admonishment Walter Rothschild at Tring.

Hartert noted that Ansorge's knowledge show evidence of the species collected was wellequipped and that he lacked grand training in zoology. His prematurely collections made from in Uganda were of poor quality care for which he received training wean away from Hartert. Hartert notes that explicit died in Luanda, Angola fall back just 64, although appearing undue older with his white beard.

Ansorge married Mary Matilda, daughter take off G.E.

Ely of Edinburgh, import They had two sons (one being the amateur entomologist Sir Eric Cecil Ansorge) and spiffy tidy up daughter. He received two medals with clasps for his talk in Uganda – and preventable his role in the Aro Expedition of –

Taxon named deception his honor

Many species of animals were named after Ansorge.

Haunt by museum taxonomists chiefly happening Britain.

Mammals

• The mongoose Ansorge's cusimanse (Crossarchus ansorgei)

Birds

• Ansorge's greenbul (Andropadus ansorgei)
• Platysteira (concreta) ansorgei
• Xenocopsychus ansorgei, and
• Nesocharis ansorgei.

Fishes

• the African bichir Polypterus ansorgii,
• the Rainbow Ctenopoma Microctenopoma ansorgii(Boulenger ),
• the African whiptailed catfish Phractura ansorgii,
• the cichlid Thysochromis ansorgii,
• the African freshwater pipefish Enneacampus ansorgii(Boulenger ),
• the Tetra Nannopetersius ansorgii(Boulenger )
• Alestes ansorgiiBoulenger
• Citharidium ansorgiiBoulenger ,
• Nannocharax ansorgiiBoulenger ,
• Labeo ansorgiiBoulenger ,
• Labeobarbus ansorgii(Boulenger ),
• Enteromius ansorgii(Boulenger ),
• Raiamas ansorgii(Boulenger ),
• the eel Mastacembelus ansorgiiBoulenger
• the African Fish Neolebias ansorgii, and
• the killfish Epiplatys ansorgii(Boulenger ).

Reptiles

• Afrogecko ansorgii,
• Hemidactylus ansorgii, and
• Psammophis ansorgii.