Full Name 1852 Name Robert Chase Occupation Ornitholgist | Nationality British Died 1927 (aged 74–75) | |
Residence Southfield, Priory Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, England | ||
Robert William Chase (1852–1927) was a British ornithologist, businessman, and philanthropist. His extensive collection of taxidermied birds is now in the care of Birmingham Museums Trust.
Chase owned a brush-making business in Birmingham. He was elected to the British Ornithologists' Union in 1882.
He was also vice-chairman of the board of governors of Birmingham Blue Coat School. He was Treasurer (1892-1894 ) and President (1885-1886, 1899, 1905-1907) of the Birmingham Natural History and Philosophical Society.
In 1892 his address was given as "Southfield, Priory Road, Birmingham".
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