Lionel Lorenzo Dietrichsen (1806–1846) was an English ornithologist who operated as a merchant at

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. He collected bird skins and described the species ''

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'', which is known as Dietrichsen's lory, in 1832. He died, unmarried, reportedly by nearly severing his own head.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dietrichsen, Lionel 1806 births 1846 deaths English ornithologists Suicides by sharp instrument in England 1840s suicides