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| name = Sir Walter Buller | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|KCMG}} | image = Ethel Mortlock (1878-1928) - Sir Walter Lawry Buller.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Portrait of Sir Walter Buller (1903) | birth_name = Walter Lawry Buller | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1838|10|9}} | birth_place = Pakanae, Hokianga, New Zealand | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1906|07|19|1838|10|9}} | death_place = Fleet, Hampshire, England | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | residence = | citizenship = | nationality = | fields = | workplaces = | alma_mater = | thesis_title = | thesis_url = | thesis_year = | doctoral_advisor = | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = New Zealand ornithology | author_abbrev_bot = | author_abbrev_zoo = | influences = | influenced = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = | spouse = }} Sir Walter Lawry Buller {{post-nominals|country=NZL|KCMG}} (9 October 1838 – 19 July 1906) was a New Zealand lawyer and naturalist who was a dominant figure in the field of New Zealand ornithology. His book, A History of the Birds of New Zealand, first published in 1873, was published as an enlarged version in 1888 and became a New Zealand classic. BiographyBuller was born at the Wesleyan mission, Newark at Pakanae in the Hokianga, the son of a Cornish missionary, Rev. James Buller, who had helped convert the people of Tonga to Methodism. He was educated at Wesley College in Auckland. In 1854, he moved to Wellington with his parents, where he was befriended by the naturalist William John Swainson. In 1859 he was made Native Commissioner for the Southern Provinces. In 1871 he travelled to England and was called to the bar at the Inner Temple. Three years later he returned to Wellington and practised law.[1] In 1862, he married Charlotte Mair at Whangarei. They were to have four children.[1] Buller was the author of A History of the Birds of New Zealand (1872–1873, 2nd ed. 1887–1888), with illustrations by John Gerrard Keulemans (and Henrik Grönvold?). In 1882 he produced the Manual of the Birds of New Zealand as a cheaper, popular alternative. In 1905, he published a two-volume Supplement to the History of the Birds of New Zealand, which brought the work up to date. Buller was appointed Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George in 1875.[1] In November 1886, he was promoted to Knight Commander.[2] Buller helped establish the scientific display in the New Zealand Court at the World's Fair in Paris and was decorated with the Officer of the Legion of Honour by the President of France in November 1889.[3][4] He had several unsuccessful attempts at entering Parliament as a Liberal. He contested the general elections of 1876 ({{NZ electorate link|Manawatu}}; beaten by the incumbent Walter Johnston)[5][6] and {{NZ election link year|1881}} ({{NZ electorate link|Foxton}}, where he came fourth of six candidates),[1][7] and the {{By-election link|Te Aroha|1891}} in the {{NZ electorate link|Te Aroha}} electorate (where he was beaten by William Fraser, the official Liberal Party candidate).[8] He emigrated to England and died at Fleet in Hampshire on 19 July 1906.[1] Wellington playwright Nick Blake authored a play on Buller's life, Dr Buller's Birds, which had its debut at the 2006 NZ International Arts Festival.[9] List of honours
EponymsSpecies named after Walter Buller include Thalassarche bulleri (Buller's albatross) and Puffinus bulleri (Buller's shearwater).[10] References1. ^1 2 3 4 {{DNZB|last=Galbreath|first=Ross |id=1b46|title=Buller, Walter Lawry – Biography|accessdate=23 October 2012}} 2. ^{{London Gazette |issue=25642 |date=9 November 1886 |page=5443 }} 3. ^Brewer, M., 'New Zealand and the Legion d'honneur: Officiers, Commandeurs and Dignites', The Volunteers: The Journal of the New Zealand Military Historical Society, 35(3), March 2010, p.136. 4. ^'Death of Sir Walter Buller, A noted Ornithologist', Evening Post, 20 July 1906, p.6. 5. ^{{cite news |title=Wellington |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=WC18760113.2.11.1 |accessdate=30 January 2013 |newspaper=Wanganui Chronicle |volume=XIX |issue=2954 |date=13 January 1876 |page=2}} 6. ^{{cite news |title=The Manawatu Election |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP18760111.2.11 |accessdate=30 January 2013 |newspaper=Evening Post |volume=XIII |issue=8 |date=11 January 1876 |page=2}} 7. ^{{cite news |title=Foxton |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=THS18811213.2.9.3 |accessdate=31 January 2013 |newspaper=Thames Star |volume=XII |issue=4043 |date=13 December 1881 |page=2}} 8. ^{{cite news |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=THS18910710.2.13 |title=Te Aroha Election |accessdate=29 June 2011 |newspaper=Thames Star |page=2 |volume= XXIII| issue= 6930|date= 10 July 1891}} 9. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/animals/news/article.cfm?c_id=500834&objectid=10369917 |title=Play shows bird man's treachery |author= |date=25 February 2006 |work= |publisher=nzherald.co.nz |accessdate=22 October 2010}} 10. ^{{cite book|last1=Buller|first1=Walter|title=A History of the Birds of New Zealand|date=1888|location=London|url=http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-BulBird-t1-g1-t2-body-d104.html|accessdate=13 November 2014|chapter=Puffinus Bulleri. — (Buller’s Shearwater.)}} External links{{Commons|Walter Lawry Buller}}
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