Roy Bell (ornithologist), Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetRoy Bell (ornithologist)
Australian ornithologist, naturalist, collector and photographer
Date of Birth: 19-Feb-1882
Date of Death: 28-Mar-1966
Profession: ornithologist
Nationality: New Zealand
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About Roy Bell (ornithologist)
- Raoul Sunday (Roy) Bell (19 February 1882 – 28 March 1966) was a professional New Zealand and Australian natural history specimen collector, ornithologist, naturalist and photographer, who spent much time on Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand. Bell was born on Raoul Island in the Kermadec Group north-east of New Zealand.
- By 1908 he was working as a specimen collector.
- From 1912 to 1914 Bell worked for Gregory Mathews, collecting bird specimens for him on Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands.
- The information and specimens collected enabled Mathews to publish his book “The Birds of Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands” in 1928.Bell served in the First World War as a photographer.
- After the war he collected in Victoria and New South Wales, Australia.
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