Rodolphe Meyer de Schauensee (; January 4, 1901 – April 24, 1984) was a Swiss-American ornithologist.
Early life and education
Meyer de Schauensee was born January 4, 1901, in Rome, Italy, one of two sons, to Baron Frederick Meyer de Schauensee and his American-born wife Matilda (née Toland; died 1932). His father was from a well-established Swiss aristocratic family originally from Lucerne that owned Schauensee Castle. In 1913, the family moved to the United States. He attended the Hoosac School in Hoosick, New York. He moved to Wynnewood, Pennsylvania in the 1920s.
Career
He was the curator of ornithology at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia for nearly fifty years.
De Schauensee is commemorated in the scientific names of two species of snakes, Eunectes deschauenseei and Hebius deschauenseei. He is also the namesake of the green-capped tanager (Stilpnia meyerdeschauenseei). They had two sons; J. Rodolphe Lewis and Howard H. Lewis Jr.
Meyer de Schauensee died April 24, 1984, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania aged 83.