Edgar Ravenswood Waite

Edgar Ravenswood Waite (5 May 1866 – 19 January 1928)[1] was a British/Australian zoologist, ichthyologist, herpetologist, and ornithologist.

[1] Waite was educated at Leeds Parish Church Middle Class School and at the Victoria University of Manchester.

[1] On 7 April 1892 Waite married Rose Edith Green at St. Matthew's parish church, Leeds.

By the time Waite's employment ended at the Australian Museum, the collection contained 18,000 specimens.

He was a linguist and musician, could draw and paint in water-colour, was an expert modeller, had some knowledge of mechanics, and was a capable photographer.

[6] The Spotty-face anchovy, Stolephorus waitei D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1926, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Engraulidae.