(13 June 1875 – 10 October 1922)[1] was an English zoologist, ornithologist and writer.

[2] His name is usually stylized as J. Lewis Bonhote (see his list of publications below).

Bonhote was born in London and was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge.

[3] He was appointed private secretary to the Governor of the Bahamas in 1897, and was sub-director of the Zoological Gardens at Giza from 1913 to 1919.

Bonhote died in 1922, and was buried on Kensal Green Cemetery.