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61:. Mandelli obtained a contract as a manager for Lebong and Minchu Tea Company at Darjeeling at the end of 1864. He married Ann Jones at Darjeeling on 21 January 1865. The tea plantation was taken over by the Land Mortgage Bank of India around 1868 and Mandelli also became in-charge of Mineral Spring. In 1872 he came to manage Chontong Tea Estate, thus managing 1350 acres in all. In 1880 he obtained a property at Darjeeling which came to be called "Mandelligunge". 109:
His oldest son, also a Louis Mandelli became a travelling inspector in the railways. An early biographical entry on Mandelli by E.C. Dozey notes that he had three daughters. Fred Pinn, who wrote the only major biography of Mandelli identifies several defects in this source.
106:. Mandelli is buried in the Catholic Singtom Cemetery (at North Point below St. Joseph's School) a mile from Chowrasta with the misleading inscription "Mr. Mandelli, ornithologist, appointed by the Italian Government to report on birds of the eastern Himalayas." 91:(Mandelli to Anderson 28 January 1876) In Hume's defence it has been noted that all credit was given to Mandelli, several species being named after him. The one description that Mandelli' made on his own was through the assistance of Brooks. 64:
In 1871 he is noted as the owner of Bycemaree estate (70 acres) in Siliguri along with W.R. Martin and in 1873 the two partners acquired another 160 acres at Munjha but sold it off in 1875 obtaining the 200 acre Kyel tea estate in 1876.
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It is surmised that he may have been born Louis Castelnuovo, from an aristocratic Maltese family, and that his father Jerome took up his mother's family name possibly to get away from an association with
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bemoans the fact that the birds had not been sexed when preparing skins. Brooks also noted that Mandelli never collected the birds himself. In 1875, he also began collecting eggs.
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where he was a District Judge. Mandelli hired local hunters to obtain specimens for him. He had one team collect in the Buxa Doars around Christmas of 1875. Brooks in his note on
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although he was in greater contact with another bird collector who worked in the Indian Civil Services, Andrew Anderson. Anderson's main contributions were on the birds of
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on 5 December 1877. Mandelli died of unknown causes in February 1880, possibly led by poor health, dismissal from the tea estate as well as financial troubles. Mandelli's
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and collecting specimens of birds and animals around Sikkim, he discovered many species from the region and several were named after him. He is honoured in the names
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Concise history of Darjeeling District since 1835 with a complete itinerary of tours in Sikkim and the District
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were then purchased by Hume and was donated to the British Museum and are now in the
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Yes, Hume is a brute, in fact I call him a swindler as far as birds are concerned.
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Mandelli claimed in a letter to Anderson that he had sent 5000 skins to
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Italian settler in India, tea planter and amateur zoologist
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Louis Mandelli Darjeeling Tea Planter & Ornithologist
164:Darjeeling: A History of the World's Greatest Tea 8: 328:: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( 166:. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 133–137. 68:Mandelli's main ornithological mentor was 157: 155: 318:(2 ed.). Calcutta. pp. 70–71. 142: 321: 94:Mandelli was elected a member of the 7: 14: 104:Natural History Museum at Tring 1: 415: 46:Mandelli's mouse-eared bat 389:People from British India 96:Asiatic Society of Bengal 20:Louis Hildebrand Mandelli 122:"New birds from Sikhim" 384:Italian ornithologists 162:Koehler, Jeff (2015). 222:Brooks, W.E. (1880). 120:Mandelli, L. (1873). 364:. London: Fred Pinn. 312:Dozey, E.C. (1922). 70:William Edwin Brooks 42:Mandelli's Snowfinch 355:Pinn, Fred (1985). 37:Locustella mandelli 379:Italian zoologists 59:Giuseppe Garibaldi 293:Dozey (1922):147. 226:Tribura mandellii 406: 365: 363: 343: 340: 334: 333: 327: 319: 309: 303: 300: 294: 291: 285: 282: 276: 273: 267: 264: 258: 255: 249: 246: 240: 239: 219: 213: 210: 204: 201: 195: 192: 186: 183: 177: 174: 168: 167: 159: 150: 147: 133: 100:bird collections 78:Tribura mandelli 414: 413: 409: 408: 407: 405: 404: 403: 369: 368: 361: 354: 351: 346: 341: 337: 320: 311: 310: 306: 301: 297: 292: 288: 283: 279: 274: 270: 265: 261: 256: 252: 247: 243: 221: 220: 216: 211: 207: 202: 198: 193: 189: 184: 180: 175: 171: 161: 160: 153: 148: 144: 140: 119: 116: 54: 17: 12: 11: 5: 412: 410: 402: 401: 396: 391: 386: 381: 371: 370: 367: 366: 350: 347: 345: 344: 335: 304: 295: 286: 277: 268: 259: 250: 241: 232:Stray Feathers 214: 205: 196: 187: 178: 169: 151: 141: 139: 136: 135: 134: 126:Stray Feathers 115: 112: 53: 50: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 411: 400: 397: 395: 392: 390: 387: 385: 382: 380: 377: 376: 374: 360: 359: 353: 352: 348: 339: 336: 331: 325: 317: 316: 308: 305: 299: 296: 290: 287: 281: 278: 272: 269: 263: 260: 254: 251: 245: 242: 237: 233: 229: 227: 218: 215: 209: 206: 200: 197: 191: 188: 182: 179: 173: 170: 165: 158: 156: 152: 146: 143: 137: 132:(5): 415–416. 131: 127: 123: 118: 117: 113: 111: 107: 105: 101: 97: 92: 90: 86: 81: 79: 75: 71: 66: 62: 60: 51: 49: 47: 43: 39: 38: 33: 29: 28:ornithologist 25: 21: 357: 338: 314: 307: 298: 289: 280: 271: 262: 253: 244: 235: 231: 225: 217: 208: 199: 190: 181: 172: 163: 145: 129: 125: 108: 93: 88: 82: 77: 67: 63: 55: 35: 30:. Living in 19: 18: 399:1880 deaths 394:1833 births 248:Pinn:22-23. 373:Categories 349:References 238:: 240–241. 212:Pinn:15,21 203:Pinn:14-15 194:Pinn:12-13 185:Pinn:9-10. 32:Darjeeling 342:Pinn:1-3. 324:cite book 224:"Note on 176:Pinn:5-6. 149:Pinn:2-3. 74:Fatehgarh 52:Biography 24:zoologist 302:Pinn:37. 284:Pinn:29. 275:Pinn:34. 266:Pinn:26. 257:Pinn:25. 362:(PDF) 138:Notes 114:Works 330:link 85:Hume 44:and 26:and 375:: 326:}} 322:{{ 234:. 230:. 154:^ 128:. 124:. 48:. 40:, 332:) 236:9 228:" 130:1

Index

zoologist
ornithologist
Darjeeling
Locustella mandelli
Mandelli's Snowfinch
Mandelli's mouse-eared bat
Giuseppe Garibaldi
William Edwin Brooks
Fatehgarh
Hume
Asiatic Society of Bengal
bird collections
Natural History Museum at Tring
"New birds from Sikhim"


"Note on Tribura mandellii"
Concise history of Darjeeling District since 1835 with a complete itinerary of tours in Sikkim and the District
cite book
link
Louis Mandelli Darjeeling Tea Planter & Ornithologist
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Italian zoologists
Italian ornithologists
People from British India
1833 births
1880 deaths

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