William Doherty

William Doherty (May 15, 1857, Cincinnati – May 25, 1901 Nairobi) was an American entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera.

He collected butterflies in India, Burma, the Andaman Islands, Nicobar, Siam, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Guinea and British East Africa and described many new species. He also collected birds for Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild.

His collections are shared between the American Museum of Natural History, [cite web
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title = Type Specimens of Birds in the American Museum of Natural History Part 5. Passeriformes: Alaudidae, Hirundinidae, Motacillidae, Campephagidae, Pycnonotidae, Irenidae, Laniidae, Vangidae, Bombycillidae, Dulidae, Cinclidae, Troglodytidae, And Mimidae
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Many of the birds he collected for Lord Rothschild were named after him, including Doherty's Bushshrike "Malaconotus dohertyi", Red-naped Fruit Dove "Ptilinopus dohertyi", Sumba Cicadabird "Coracina dohertyi" and Crested White-eye "Lophozosterops dohertyi".

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