Edward Frederick Kelaart, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Edward Frederick Kelaart

Sri Lankan physician

Date of Birth: 21-Nov-1819

Place of Birth: Sri Lanka

Date of Death: 31-Aug-1860

Profession: naturalist, writer, zoologist, botanist

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Lieutenant Colonel Edward Frederick Kelaart (21 November 1819 – 31 August 1860) was a Ceylonese-born physician and naturalist.
He made some of the first systematic studies from the region and described many plants and animals from Sri Lanka.