Lionel Dietrichsen Explained

Lionel Lorenzo Dietrichsen (1806–1846) was an English ornithologist who operated as a merchant at Oxford Street. He collected bird skins and described the species Parvipsitta porphyrocephala, which is known as Dietrichsen's lory, in 1832.^[1] He died, unmarried, reportedly by nearly severing his own head.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Book: Beolens . Bo . Watkins . Michael . Grayson . Michael . The Eponym Dictionary of Birds . 2014 . Bloomsbury Publishing . 9781472905741 . 343 . en.
2. News: ACCIDENTS, OFFENCES, &C. . . XI . 739 . South Australia . 16 June 1847 . 13 November 2018 . 4 . National Library of Australia.