Humayun abdul ali biography book

Indian ornithologist and biologist

Humayun Abdulali (19 May , Kobe, Japan - 3 June , Mumbai, India)^[1] was an Indian ornithologist and biologist who was also a cousin of the "birdman of India", Salim Ali.

Like other naturalists of his period, he took an initial interest in shikar (hunting). Unlike Sálim Ali, his main contributions were less field-oriented and based more on bird collections, particularly those at the Bombay Natural History Society where he worked for most of his life.

Early years and education

Humayun Abdulali was born to a Sulaymani Bohra Ismaili family in Kobe in His parents were Lulu and Najmuddin Faizalhussain Abdulali, a businessman who imported raw cotton and safety matches from India.

In his unfinished autobiography (posthumously published in the book Humayan Abdulali - Naturalist Portrait and Tribute), he wrote that his interest in natural history may have been cultivated at an early age at the English Mission School