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Rudyerd Boulton
- ... that Rudyerd Boulton named Laura's woodland warbler after his wife? "Rud named a species for Laura, Phylloscopus laurae, known in English as Laura's (or Mrs Boulton's) woodland warbler"]
- ALT1:... that Rudyerd Boulton and his wife, Laura, made the first ever recordings of the calls of African tropical birds? "The Boultons also used the equipment to make the first-ever recordings of Afro-tropical bird calls"
- ALT2:... that ornithologist Rudyerd Boulton served in the Secret Intelligence Branch of the Office of Strategic Services during the Second World War?
- ALT3:... that Rudyerd Boulton sold works by Picasso, Chagall, Kandinsky and Klee to fund his charitable foundation? "Rud wrote back with promises to do so, but he cashed in on Inez's art collection instead, shipping 13 paintings to Sotheby's in London. Kandinsky's, 'Ludwigskirche in Munich' (1908) sold first for £12,000, which came to US$33,600. Rud did not inform Schmidt about the disposal of the remaining paintings, including one of Paul Klee's letter paintings (it was an upper case 'E'), a nude by Chagall, and a 1905 print by Picasso called 'Salome and Herod'."
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Barbara Everitt Bryant
- Comment: All sources cited above are from: Jacobs, Nancy J. "Marriage, Science, and Secret Intelligence in the life of Rudyerd Boulton (1901-1983): An American in Africa". Kronos. 41 (1).
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