Layard
Encyclopedia
Layard is a surname, and may refer to:
It may also refer to:
- Austen Henry LayardAusten Henry LayardSir Austen Henry Layard GCB, PC was a British traveller, archaeologist, cuneiformist, art historian, draughtsman, collector, author, politician and diplomat, best known as the excavator of Nimrud.-Family:...
(1817 – 1894), British, archaeologist, author, and politician - Edgar Leopold LayardEdgar Leopold LayardEdgar Leopold Layard CMG, FZS, MBOU was a British naturalist mainly interested in ornithology. Born in Florence, Italy, to a family of Huguenot descent, he was the sixth son of Henry Peter John Layard of the Ceylon Civil Service with his wife Marianne,...
(1824 - 1900), British ornithologist - John LayardJohn LayardJohn Willoughby Layard was an English anthropologist and psychologist.- Early life :Layard was born in London, son of the essayist and literary writer George Somes Layard. He grew up first at Malvern, and in c 1902 moved to Bull's Cliff, Felixstowe. He was educated at Bedales School...
(1891 – 1974), English anthropologist and psychologist - Nina Frances LayardNina Frances LayardNina Frances Layard was an English poetess, prehistorian, archaeologist and antiquary who made many important discoveries, and by winning the respect of contemporary academics helped to establish a role for women in her field of expertise...
(1853 – 1935), English poet and antiquary - Richard Layard, Baron Layard (born 1934), British economist
It may also refer to:
- Layard TheatreLayard TheatreThe Layard Theatre is situated inside Canford School and is open to the public. It seats 299 people and can also cater for people restricted to a wheelchair...
, Canford School, Dorset, England - Layard's Palm SquirrelLayard's Palm SquirrelLayard's Palm Squirrel is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is found only in Sri Lanka. The validity of the subspecies dravidianus based on a single specimen from the southern tip of India has been questioned, and is probably a juvenile Funambulus sublineatus....
, species of rodent - Layard's ParakeetLayard's ParakeetThe Layard's Parakeet is a parrot which is a resident endemic breeder in Sri Lanka. The common name of this bird commemorates the British naturalist Edgar Leopold Layard; his first wife, Barbara Anne Calthrop, whom he married in 1845, is commemorated in the specific epithet.-Description:Layard's...
, species of parrot - Layard's WarblerLayard's WarblerThe Layard's Warbler or Layard's Tit-Babbler is a species of Old World warbler in the Sylviidae family. It is found in Lesotho, Namibia, and South Africa. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland....
, species of Old World warbler - Layard's White-eyeLayard's White-eyeThe Fiji White-eye is a species of passerine bird in the white-eye family Zosteropidae. The species is also known as the Layard's White-eye....
, species of passerine bird