query: english ornothologist who wrote a history of british birds

pos: Ornithology flowers, plants, and animals, published in 363 volumes. His "Ornithology" alone covers 2000 pages and included such aspects as the chicken and poultry techniques. He used a number of traits including behaviour, particularly bathing and dusting, to classify bird groups. William Turner's "Historia Avium" ("History of Birds"), published at Cologne in 1544, was an early ornithological work from England. He noted the commonness of kites in English cities where they snatched food out of the hands of children. He included folk beliefs such as those of anglers. Anglers believed that the osprey emptied their fishponds and would kill them, mixing

neg: Visual art of the United States inspired such later artists as John Kensett and the "Luminists"; as well as George Inness and the "tonalists" (which included Albert Pinkham Ryder and Ralph Blakelock among others), and Winslow Homer (1836–1910), who depicted the rural U.S.—the sea, the mountains, and the people who lived near them. The Hudson River School landscape painter Robert S. Duncanson was one of the first important African American painters. John James Audubon, an ornothologist whose paintings documented birds, was one of the most important naturalist artists in the early U.S. His major work, a set of colored prints entitled "The Birds of America" (1827–1839),

neg: What Bird is That? all-time best seller in Australian natural history and is still in print today. While sales and stature of Cayley’s original collection continued to grow, the prolific artist and ornothologist Cayley was working on a much more ambitious project – his so-called “big bird book”. From about 1918, he was creating illustrations of subspecies, plumage stages and eggs (now lost) of all known Australian birds. The project was incomplete at the time of his death in 1950, although the illustrations were all but finished. The ornithologist Terence Lindsey revived Cayley’s plans in the 1980s, creating the last and most significant revision

neg: A History of British Birds with which his name is inseparably associated", observing that "Bewick, from his intimate knowledge of the habits of animals acquired during his constant excursions into the country, was thoroughly qualified to do justice to this great task." "British Birds", reviewing a "lavishly illustrated" British Library book on Bewick, writes that "No ornithologist will ever regard Thomas Bewick, known primarily for The History of British Birds (1797–1804), as a naturalist of the same standing as contemporaries such as Edward Donovan, John Latham and James Bolton", noting however that Bewick helped to define "a certain English Romantic sensibility". More directly, the review

neg: Salim Ali him in 2016. Salim Ali wrote numerous journal articles, chiefly in the "Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society". He also wrote a number of popular and academic books, many of which remain in print. Ali credited Tehmina, who had studied in England, for helping improve his English prose. Some of his literary pieces were used in a collection of English writing. A popular article that he wrote in 1930 "Stopping by the woods on a Sunday morning" was reprinted in "The Indian Express" on his birthday in 1984. His most popular work was "The Book of Indian Birds", written

neg: Indian natural history K. K. Neelakantan was another writer who popularised the study of birds in Kerala by writing books and articles in Malayalam. Others like Harry Miller wrote in English in the local newspapers. Some others like Ruskin Bond wrote about the wilderness, the hills and the wildlife in a more romantic style. Zafar Futehally started the first birdwatchers' newsletter in the 1950s and this helped network the birdwatcher community spread across India. Of this newsletter, Horace Alexander wrote: Wildlife photography has also helped in popularizing natural history. Numerous photographers have contributed to this and prominent names include Loke Wan Tho, E.

neg: James Isham stuffed specimens of unusual birds to George Edwards who was writing a book, ‘A Natural History of Uncommon Birds’. Edwards acknowledged Isham’s "commendable curiosity" and thanked him for providing "thirty different species of Birds, of which we have hitherto had little or no knowledge". Edwards created paintings for the book based on Isham’s specimens, including the Snow Goose, Surf Scoter, Sharp-tailed Grouse, Whooping Crane, Sandhill Crane, and Sora. Isham also wrote an extensive dictionary of "English & Indian" with common words, phrases, and sentences in Cree. Although he intended the dictionary to be used by future HBC servants to improve

neg: Eleazar Albin being probably the last description of this bird made while the species was still extant in Europe. Eleazar Albin Eleazar Albin (fl. 1690 – c. 1742) was an English naturalist and watercolourist illustrator who wrote and illustrated a number of books including "A Natural History of English Insects" (1720), "A Natural History of Birds" (1731–38) and "The Natural History of Spiders and other Curious Insects" (1736). He has been described as one of the "great entomological book illustrators of the 18th century". Nothing is known of Albin's early life, though he may have been German-born; he claimed to have been

neg: Eleazar Albin Eleazar Albin Eleazar Albin (fl. 1690 – c. 1742) was an English naturalist and watercolourist illustrator who wrote and illustrated a number of books including "A Natural History of English Insects" (1720), "A Natural History of Birds" (1731–38) and "The Natural History of Spiders and other Curious Insects" (1736). He has been described as one of the "great entomological book illustrators of the 18th century". Nothing is known of Albin's early life, though he may have been German-born; he claimed to have been in Jamaica in 1701. In 1708 he is known to have been married and living in Piccadilly,

neg: Brian Houghton Hodgson as the orientalist view that supported Arabic, Persian or Sanskrit. From 1855 to 1859 William Adam, Brian Houghton Hodgson, Frederick Shore and William Campbell wrote against Lord Macaulay's idea of education in the English medium. Hodgson wrote an essay published in the Serampore mission journal "The Friend of India" titled "Pre-eminence of the Vernaculars; Or, the Anglicists Answered". Hodgson studied all aspects of natural history around him including material from Nepal, Sikkim and Bengal. He amassed a large collection of birds and mammal skins which he later donated to the British Museum. He described a species of antelope which was

neg: History of British nationality law History of British nationality law This article concerns the history of British nationality law. British nationality law has its origins in medieval England. There has always been a distinction in English law between the subjects of the monarch and aliens: the monarch's subjects owed him allegiance, and included those born in his dominions (natural-born subjects) and those who later gave him their allegiance (naturalised subjects or denizens). A summary of early English common law is provided by Sir William Blackstone, who wrote about the law in 1765–69. Natural-born subjects were originally those born within the dominion of the crown (jus

neg: Rob Hume a past member (and the fifth chairman) of the British Birds Rarities Committee; and a past member of the editorial board of" British Birds" magazine, but resigned both posts in 1997. His autobiography, "Life With Birds", was published in September 2005. His drawings of birds often appear in, and on the cover of, West Midland Bird Club Bulletins. Rob Hume Robert 'Rob' Hume is an English ornithologist, author and journalist specialising in avian and natural history subjects. From Spring 1989 (vol. 12 no. 5), until Summer 2009 (vol. 22 no. 6), he was editor of the RSPB's "Birds" magazine, having

neg: Robert Mudie Feathered Tribes of the British Islands" (2 vols., 1834) and "The Natural History of Birds" (1834); he also wrote on other aspects of biology. He was also the author of books on natural philosophy, mental and moral philosophy, China, India, copyright, and the seasons of the year. Mudie wrote the greater part of the natural history section of the "British Cyclopaedia" (1834), the text to Gilbert's "Modern Atlas of the Earth" (1840), and a topographical account of Selborne prefixed to Gilbert White's "Natural History of Selborne" (new edn, 1850). Mudie died at Pentonville on 29 April 1842, leaving destitute the

neg: A History of British Birds A History of British Birds A History of British Birds is a natural history book by Thomas Bewick, published in two volumes. Volume 1, "Land Birds", appeared in 1797. Volume 2, "Water Birds", appeared in 1804. A supplement was published in 1821. The text in "Land Birds" was written by Ralph Beilby, while Bewick took over the text for the second volume. The book is admired mainly for the beauty and clarity of Bewick's wood engravings, which are widely considered his finest work, and among the finest in that medium. "British Birds" has been compared to works of poetry and

neg: Harry Kirke Swann edition of Francis Orpen Morris's "History of British Birds" (a standard reference work), and he oversaw the reissue of Henry Seebohm s "British Birds". In the spring of 1896 Swann founded the journal " The Ornithologist ", which was disestablished after publishing one volume. In 1904 he joined the publishing house Messrs. John Wheldon & Co., which specialized in natural history works and merged in 1921 with the publishing house William Wesley & Sons. During this time, Swann acquired extensive ornithological and bibliographic knowledge. In 1913 Messrs. Witherby and Company published Swann's "A Dictionary of English and Folk Names of

neg: J. G. L. Burnby member of the International Academy for the History of Pharmacy. She wrote a thesis on the history of the English apothecary, for which she received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, which was published as "A Study of the English Apothecary from 1660 to 1760" by the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at University College London in 1983. Burnby died on 3 July 2010, aged 86. J. G. L. Burnby Juanita "Nita" Gordon Lloyd Burnby (1923 - 3 July 2010) of Wirksworth, Derby, was a British pharmacist who was president of the British Society for the History

neg: A History of British Birds reflections on "an all-wise Providence" as shown in Nature. The 1847 edition is organized as follows: The 'foreign birds' are not grouped but just listed directly as species, from Bearded Vulture to Mino. Fifteen birds are included, with no description, and despite their placement in the table of contents, they appear at the front of the volume as an 'Appendix'. In 1805, the "British Critic" wrote that it was "superfluous to expatiate much on the merits of a work" that everyone liked because of "the aptness of its descriptions, the accuracy of its figures, the spirit of its wood engravings,

neg: Charles Oldham (naturalist) was co-author of "The Birds of Cheshire" (1900) and "A Practical Handbook of British Birds" (1919-1924). At various times he was vice-president of the Linnean Society, the Ray Society, the British Ornithologists' Union (1936–38), the British Ecological Society and the Malacological Society. He was secretary of the Hertfordshire Natural History Society (1909–19) and its president from 1920 to 1922. He also served on the council of the Conchological Society, the British Ornithologists’ Club and the Freshwater Biological Association. He was the first person to show evidence that black-necked grebes breed in Britain. He co-wrote articles and books on ornithology with

neg: William Plane Pycraft 1892 Pycraft became assistant to Edwin Ray Lankester, and in 1898 moved with Lankester to the staff of the Natural History Museum. He married Lucy Agnes Shee, daughter of Jeremiah Dunlay Shee in 1899 in Chelsea. In 1907 Pycraft took charge of osteology at the museum. Pycraft wrote many articles and books on natural history, including "The Story of Bird-Life" (1900), "The Story of Fish-Life" (1901), "The Story of Reptile Life" (1905), "The British Museum of Natural History" (1910), "A History of Birds" (1910), "The Infancy of Animals" (1912), "The Courtship of Animals" (1913), "Birds in Flight" (1922), "Camouflage in

neg: Alexander Fussell Alexander Fussell Alexander Fussell or Fussel (b. circa 1814, Warwickshire; d. 1881) was an English artist and illustrator. He drew the bird illustrations for William Yarrell's 1843 "History of British Birds". Fussell painted in various media, including watercolour, gouache, and oil on canvas. His subjects included "The prize calf", "The park sweeper", "Uncle Toby and the Widow Wadman", and "The letter, after Thomas Faed". Fussell undertook the large task of illustrating William Yarrell's 1843 "History of British Birds". Yarrell states that Fussell drew "nearly five hundred" of the 520 engravings mentioned on the book's title page. The work began in

neg: Thomas Coward Haunts and Nature Memories". He attributed it to "a west-coast Irishman". Coward wrote a number of books on local history, natural history and birds: Thomas Coward Thomas Alfred Coward, MSc, FZS, FRES, MBOU (8 January 1867 – 29 January 1933), was an English ornithologist and an amateur astronomer. He wrote extensively on natural history, local history and Cheshire. He was born at 8 Higher Downs, Bowdon, Cheshire (now Greater Manchester) on 8 January 1867, the fourth and last child of Thomas and Sarah Coward. His father was a Congregational minister and in business as a partner in the firm of

neg: Daines Barrington Daines Barrington Daines Barrington, FRS, FSA (1727/2814 March 1800) was an English lawyer, antiquary and naturalist. He was one of the correspondents to whom Gilbert White wrote extensively on natural history topics. Barrington served as a Vice President of the Royal Society and wrote on a range of topics related to the natural sciences including early ideas and scientific experimentation on the learning of songs by young birds. He designed a standard format for the collection of information about weather, the flowering of plants, the singing of birds and other annual changes that was also used by Gilbert White. He

neg: A History of British Birds edition in 1847, and a royal octavo 'Memorial Edition' in 1885. A History of British Birds A History of British Birds is a natural history book by Thomas Bewick, published in two volumes. Volume 1, "Land Birds", appeared in 1797. Volume 2, "Water Birds", appeared in 1804. A supplement was published in 1821. The text in "Land Birds" was written by Ralph Beilby, while Bewick took over the text for the second volume. The book is admired mainly for the beauty and clarity of Bewick's wood engravings, which are widely considered his finest work, and among the finest in that

neg: Brian Houghton Hodgson Brian Houghton Hodgson Brian Houghton Hodgson (1 February 1800 or more likely 1801 – 23 May 1894) was a pioneer naturalist and ethnologist working in India and Nepal where he was a British Resident. He described numerous species of birds and mammals from the Himalayas, and several birds were named after him by others such as Edward Blyth. He was a scholar of Newar Buddhism and wrote extensively on a range of topics relating to linguistics and religion. He was an opponent of the British proposal to introduce English as the official medium of instruction in Indian schools. Hodgson was

neg: A History of British Birds and the ingenious variety of its vignettes." The 1829 "Magazine of Natural History" commented that "Montagu's "Ornithological Dictionary" and Bewick's "Birds" .. have rendered [the] department of natural history popular throughout the land". "Ibis", reviewing the "Memoir of Thomas Bewick, written by himself" in 1862, compares the effect of Bewick and Gilbert White, writing "It was the pages of Gilbert White and the woodcuts of Bewick which first beguiled the English schoolboy to the observation of our feathered friends", and "how few of our living naturalists but must gratefully acknowledge their early debt to White's 'History' and to the life-like

neg: A History of British Birds (1843) a definite fact. Six days later on 12 February 1913, Lydekker wrote again, confessing that "the note was uttered by a bricklayer's labourer". Letters about the first cuckoo became a tradition in the newspaper. "Birds" was first published "in thirty-seven parts of three sheets each, at intervals of two months; the first Part was issued in July 1837, and the last in May 1843." The sheets were then collected into three volumes, with the addition of "many occurrences of rare birds, and of some that were even new to Britain". The additional birds were listed and briefly described in the

neg: Douglas Dewar problems in his objections. The Dewars had a daughter, Millicent, who married Walter Waldron. Dewar wrote several books mainly on the birds of India, numerous articles in newspapers and other periodicals and later in life wrote critiques on the theory of evolution. Douglas Dewar Douglas Dewar (1875–1957) was a barrister, British civil servant in India, and ornithologist who wrote several books about Indian birds. He wrote widely in newspapers such as "The Madras Mail", "Pioneer", "Times of India" and periodicals such as the "Civil and Military Gazette" and "Bird Notes", Douglas was born in London where his father Dr Dewar

neg: A History of British Birds correspondents. Those who provided skins or information are acknowledged. The species are grouped into families such as "Of the Falcon", using the limited and conflicting scientific sources of the time. The families of land birds are further grouped into birds of prey, omnivorous birds, insectivorous birds, and granivorous birds, while the families of water birds are simply listed, with related families side by side. Each species entry begins on a new page; any spaces at the ends of entries are filled with tail-pieces, small, often humorous woodcuts of country life. "British Birds" remains in print, and has attracted the attention

neg: A History of British Birds (1843) that "Yarrell’s History [of British Birds] probably contains the richest collection of colour descriptions in any bird book in the English language", with "various parts of the Bee-Eater described as verditer blue, saffron-yellow, chestnut, duck-green, verdigris-green, buff, greyish-brown and fawn colour. The Roller as berlin-blue, brownish-yellow, coppery-purple and light cinnamon. The Spotted Eagle as chocolate-brown, pale wood-brown and reddish liver-brown. The Golden Oriole had lead-colour toes, other parts oil-green, brocoli-brown and wine-yellow. The Cuneate-Tailed Gull was smoke-brown and pearl-grey, the Turnstone had ferruginus portions, the Little Auk was livid-brown and sooty-brown, while the American Bittern was leaden-brown. The variations in

neg: Alfred Thomas Elwes In 1882 Elwes wrote "How to draw animals, birds and dogs". He died sometime after 1911 probably around 1917 in Willesden, Middlesex. Elwes was married in Gravesend, Kent on 15 October 1873 to Kate Barnard. Alfred Thomas Elwes Alfred Thomas Elwes (bapt. 1 August 1841 – 1917) was a British artist and natural history illustrator of mammals and birds. For most of his life he lived and worked in England, illustrating various natural history books of the nineteenth century as well as for Illustrated London News. Elwes was born in Leghorn, Italy, where he was baptised 1 August 1841. His

neg: Peter Brown (naturalist) Peter Brown (naturalist) Peter Brown (active 1758-1799) was an English naturalist and natural history illustrator of Danish family who worked mainly in London. Brown was an associate of the great English naturalists Thomas Pennant and Joseph Banks. Though primarily an illustrator, he wrote the scientific descriptions of some species, such as the brightly marked North American Arctiid moth "Haploa clymene". Brown's illustrations included birds, botanical subjects and insects. Brown illustrated Emanuel Mendez da Costa's book, "Elements of Conchology, or An Introduction to the Knowledge of Shells" (1771). In 1776, Brown published his own work, "New illustrations of Zoology", "containing fifty

neg: Hadoram Shirihai in the Western Palearctic and Israel. He worked as an escort for birding trips into the southern Negev desert, showing many observers locally breeding Hume's tawny owl and Nubian nightjar among other little-watched species of the area. He has written a number of bird identification papers, mostly published in English in magazines such as "British Birds" and "Birding World". With David Christie, he co-wrote the "Macmillan Birder's Guide to European and Middle Eastern birds" among several other works. Shirihai is a consummate birder, having added 50 previously undocumented new bird species to the List of birds of Israel, and 10

neg: Thomas Campbell Eyton Thomas Campbell Eyton Thomas Campbell Eyton (10 September 1809 – 25 October 1880) was an English naturalist whose fields were cattle, fishes and birds. He was a friend and correspondent of Charles Darwin though he opposed his theories. Eyton was born at Eyton Hall, near Wellington, Shropshire. He studied at St John's College, Cambridge, where he was a contemporary and friend of Charles Darwin. After succeeding to the estate in 1855 Eyton built a large natural history museum at Eyton Hall. Eyton published "History of the Rarer British Birds" (1836), "A Monograph on the Anatidae, Or Duck Tribe" (1838), "A

neg: Ornithological Dictionary names the stone curlew the "Thick-kneed Bustard". Ornithological Dictionary The Ornithological Dictionary; or Alphabetical Synopsis of British Birds was written by the English naturalist and army officer George Montagu, and first published by J. White of Fleet Street, London in 1802. It was one of the texts, along with Thomas Bewick's contemporaneous "A History of British Birds" (2 volumes, 1797 and 1804) that made ornithology popular in Britain, and, with the 1676 "Ornithologia libri tres" of Francis Willughby and John Ray, helped to make it the object of serious study. The book includes a description of the cirl bunting, discovered

neg: Ornithological Dictionary Ornithological Dictionary The Ornithological Dictionary; or Alphabetical Synopsis of British Birds was written by the English naturalist and army officer George Montagu, and first published by J. White of Fleet Street, London in 1802. It was one of the texts, along with Thomas Bewick's contemporaneous "A History of British Birds" (2 volumes, 1797 and 1804) that made ornithology popular in Britain, and, with the 1676 "Ornithologia libri tres" of Francis Willughby and John Ray, helped to make it the object of serious study. The book includes a description of the cirl bunting, discovered by Montagu in 1800 near his home

neg: Christopher Lloyd (world history author) of Henri Lloyd Clothing along with Henri Strzelecki MBE. His mother, Wanda, dedicated her time to bringing up Lloyd and his 4 siblings. Lloyd's great uncle was the famous English gardener and prolific author Christopher Lloyd (gardener), OBE of Great Dixter. His great grandfather was Nathaniel Lloyd, an architect, printer and author who wrote several classic text books including "The History of the English House" and "The History of British Brickworks". It was he who hired Edwin Lutyens, the celebrated architect, to renovate and extend the gardens at Dixter, later renamed Great Dixter. As Lloyd grew up, his great uncle

neg: A History of British Birds (1843) A History of British Birds (1843) William Yarrell's A History of British Birds was first published as a whole in three volumes in 1843, having been serialized, three sheets every two months, over the previous six years. It is not a history of ornithology but a natural history, a handbook or field guide systematically describing every species of bird known to occur in Britain. A separate article of about six pages, containing an image, a description, and an account of worldwide distribution, together with reports of behaviour, is provided for each species. It quickly became the standard reference work for

neg: Le Règne Animal the treatment of fish was considerably altered in volume II, while the section on the Articulata was greatly enlarged (to two volumes, IV and V) and written by M. Latreille. It also expressed the hope that there would be an English equivalent of Cuvier's work, given the popularity of natural history resulting from the works of Thomas Bewick ("A History of British Birds" 1797–1804) and George Montagu ("Ornithological Dictionary", 1802). The same review covers Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville's "Iconographie du Règne Animal de M. le Baron Cuvier", which offered illustrations of all Cuvier's genera (except for the birds). The "Foreign Review"

neg: A History of British Birds (1843) illustrations bringing the total number of engravings up to 564. Yarrell's tail-pieces, small engravings fitted into spaces at the ends of articles, follow the tradition established by Bewick, but differ in rarely being whimsical. Many are secondary illustrations showing details of bird anatomy or features useful in identification. A History of British Birds (1843) William Yarrell's A History of British Birds was first published as a whole in three volumes in 1843, having been serialized, three sheets every two months, over the previous six years. It is not a history of ornithology but a natural history, a handbook or field

neg: William Yarrell William Yarrell William Yarrell (3 June 1784 – 1 September 1856) was an English zoologist, prolific writer, bookseller and naturalist admired by his contemporaries for his precise scientific work. Yarrell is best known as the author of "The History of British Fishes" (2 vols., 1836) and "A History of British Birds" featuring 564 original engravings (in 3 vols., first ed. 1843, second ed. 1845, third ed. 1856). The latter went into several editions and was the standard reference work for a generation of British ornithologists. He described Bewick's swan in 1830, distinguishing it from the larger whooper swan. Yarrell was

neg: Norman H. Joy Norman H. Joy Norman Humbert Joy (7 July 1874 – 20 January 1953) was a British ornithologist and coleopterist. He is best known for his two-volume work "A Practical Handbook of British Beetles", first published by H. F. & G. Witherby in January 1932, a publication which remained the standard work on the identification of British beetles into the 21st century. He also wrote two other titles: "How to Know British Birds", published by Witherby in 1936 and "British Beetles, their Homes and Habits". Joy's beetle collection is held at the British Entomological and Natural History Society headquarters at Dinton

neg: Pierre Jacques Smit he followed his father in working in natural history illustration, including work for the British Museum. Smit was commissioned by the British Museum Natural History to do pencil and ink drawings of the museum's Central Hall for its 1890/91 Guide; he lived in Primrose Hill, London at the time. A much larger work ensued, as he contributed illustrations of birds to the enormous "Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum" (CBBM). Smit married Gertrude Burge in Evesham, Worcestershire in the spring of 1894. They had one son, Bernard, who was born in 1897 in Hampstead, London. He died in

neg: Birds of Australia: A Summary of Information Birds of Australia: A Summary of Information Birds of Australia: A Summary of Information is a compact handbook on Australian birds published in 1973. It was authored by the originally British ornithologist James David Macdonald who moved permanently to Australia in 1968 following his retirement from a long career with the British Natural History Museum, one of the final responsibilities of which was the organisation of the Harold Hall Australian bird collecting expeditions during the 1960s. The book is dedicated to the sponsor of the expeditions, Australian-born philanthropist Harold Wesley Hall, OBE, MC. The book is 255 mm in height

neg: Richard Cavendish (occult writer) Richard Cavendish (occult writer) Richard Cavendish (12 August 1930 – 21 October 2016) was a British historian who wrote extensively on the subjects of occultism, religion, the tarot, mythology, and English history. Cavendish was born in 1930 at Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, the son of a Church of England clergyman. He lived with his partner in the United States for eight years, in New York City and Los Angeles. Cavendish was educated at Christ's Hospital and at Brasenose College, Oxford, where he specialized in medieval studies. He wrote both on the political and social history of Great Britain and on the history

neg: A History of British Birds the pigs they despise." Hilary Spurling, reviewing Uglow's biography of Bewick in "The Observer", writes that when "Birds" appeared, people all over Britain "became his pupils". Spurling cites Charles Kingsley's story of his father's hunting friends from the New Forest mocking him for buying "a book 'about dicky-birds", until, astonished, they saw the book and discovered "things they had known all their lives and never even noticed". John Brewer, writing in the "London Review of Books", says that for his "Birds", "Bewick had acquired national renown as the artist who most truthfully depicted the flora and fauna of the British

neg: Joseph Whitaker (ornithologist) Tunisian birds are in the Natural History Museum, London. The Sicilian birds are divided between the Royal Scottish Museum (bird skins) and the Ulster Museum (bird mounts, eggs and nests). Whitaker devoted the last years of his life to archaeology, purchasing the island of Motya near Trapani the site of a Phoenician town founded in the eighth century BC. He wrote a book on his excavations in 1921. The site may be explored (online) using the Motya link. Joseph Whitaker (ornithologist) Joseph Isaac Spadafora Whitaker (19 March 1850 in Palermo – 3 November 1936 in Rome) was a Sicilian-English ornithologist,

neg: Joan Gideon Loten phenomena was based purely upon a fascination with exotic nature and its unique and rare components. In Engeland he came in touch with naturalists in the just founded British Museum. He donated watercolours, stuffed birds and mineral stones to the British Museum. Joseph Banks was in Londen Loten's neighbour. Joseph Banks, the later President of the Royal Society, accompanied Captain James Cook as a private naturalist on HMS Endeavour (1768–1771). Thanks to Banks, the gentleman naturalist Thomas Pennant and 'the father of British ornithology' George Edwards, Loten's natural history collection was copied and described in several 18th-century English natural history

neg: Stanford Lehmberg the Governor" (1962). His next book was a history of Sir Walter Mildmay's political career, "Sir Walter Mildmay and Tudor Government" (1964). Later came "The Reformation Parliament, 1529-1536" (1970), with a sequel "The Later Parliaments of Henry VIII, 1536-1547" (1977). He wrote a history of English cathedrals "The Reformation of Cathedrals: Cathedrals in English Society, 1485-1603" (1988), and a comprehensive period history, "The Peoples of the British Isles, from Prehistoric Times to 1688" (1991), and concluded with another study of cathedrals, "Cathedral Under Siege: Cathedrals in English Society, 1600-1700" (1996). With another UM professor, he wrote "The University of Minnesota,

neg: Sabah was shot at various locations in the suburbs north of Kota Kinabalu, including Menggatal, Telipok, Kayu Madang and Lapasan. Another English author Redmond O'Hanlon also wrote a book titled "Into the Heart of Borneo" (1984) about Borneo island. While Sydney-based Australian author Lynette Ramsay Silver wrote two books about the history of Sabah such as "Sandakan – A Conspiracy of Silence" (1998) and "Blood Brothers – Sabah and Australia 1942–1945" (2010). In early 2016, a "Roll of Honour" immortalising 2,479 British and Australian soldiers who died in Sabah during the World War II has been presented by a British Royal

neg: Thomas C. Jerdon 1844, which included illustration made by Indian artists (some from Trichinopoly), about which he wrote in his later works: Other works included "The Game Birds and Wildfowl of India" (1864) and "Mammals of India" (1874). He had a wide interest in natural history and his studies include descriptions of plants, ants, amphibians, reptiles, birds as well as mammals. Jerdon was instrumental in the birth of "The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma" series. The need for a work on the Indian fauna was felt and it was finally approved by the Secretary of state and was placed under

neg: Charles Dixon (ornithologist) Charles Dixon (ornithologist) Charles Dixon (1858-17 June 1926) was an English ornithologist, born in London. He discovered the St Kilda wren and a new species in North Africa. He collaborated with Henry Seebohm on his great work on "British Birds", in the second volume of which he summarized and modified A. R. Wallace's theory of the relation between nests and coloration of birds. Elliott Coues wrote in the preface to the American edition of Dixon's book "Rural bird life" pointing out the originality of the observations made from the field and Julian Huxley noted Dixon for recognizing the value of

neg: Henry Bradley to plain English. It was for the SPE that Bradley wrote his last piece, an introduction to "Tract No. XIV: On the Terms Briton, British, Britisher". He wrote the first three paragraphs, suffered a stroke, and died two days later. The piece was finished by Robert Bridges and published along with Fowler's "Preposition at End" and a brief obituary. Simon Winchester's "The Meaning of Everything" is the history of the "OED" which treats Bradley in most depth. Henry Bradley Henry Bradley, FBA (3 December 1845 – 23 May 1923) was a British philologist and lexicographer who succeeded James Murray as

neg: Emily Taylor Emily Taylor Emily Taylor (1795 – 11 March 1872) was an English schoolmistress, poet, children's writer and hymn writer. She wrote numerous tales for children, chiefly historical, along with various books of instruction and some descriptive natural history. Her publications include "Letters to a Child on Maritime Discovery", 1820; "Vision of Las Casas, and other Poems", 1825; "Poetical Illustrations of Passages of Scripture", 1826; "Tales of the Saxons", 1832; "Tales of the English", 1833; "Memoir of Sir T[homas] More", 1834; and "The Boy and the Birds", 1835. She edited "Sabbath. Recreations", 1826; and "Flowers and Fruit in old English Gardens",

neg: George Edwards (naturalist) contain engravings and descriptions of more than 600 subjects in natural history not before described or delineated. He likewise added a general index in French and English, which was afterwards supplied with Linnaean names by Linnaeus himself, with whom he frequently corresponded. About 1764 he retired to Plaistow, Essex, still a rural village, where he later died at the age of 77. He also wrote "Essays of Natural History" (1770), "Elements of Fossilogy" (1776) Edwards's plates appeared in Johann Seligmann's "Sammlung verschiedener ausländischer und seltener Vögel", 1749. Some of the colour plates in his "Natural History of Birds" were painted

neg: Frank Ludlow charge of the British Mission in Lhasa from 1942-43. During his time in India he studied natural history and collected birds and botanical specimens. He made expeditions to parts of the Himalayas and Tibet along with George Sherriff (1898-1967). He collected nearly 7000 bird specimens which are now in the Natural History Museum. Frank Ludlow Frank Ludlow OBE (10 August 1885 – 25 March 1972) was an English officer stationed in the British Mission at Lhasa and a naturalist. He was born in Chelsea, London and studied at West Somerset County School and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. Ludlow received a

neg: George Edwards (naturalist) George Edwards (naturalist) George Edwards (3 April 1694 – 23 July 1773) was an English naturalist and ornithologist, known as the "father of British ornithology". Edwards was born at Stratford, Essex. In his early years he travelled extensively through mainland Europe, studying natural history, and gained some reputation for his coloured drawings of animals, especially birds. In 1733, on the recommendation of Hans Sloane, he was appointed librarian to the Royal College of Physicians in London. Sir Hans Sloane, founder of the British Museum, had employed George Edwards as a natural history painter for many years, and Edwards drew miniature

neg: The Birds of the Malay Peninsula eventually published in 1976, in a review of which D.G. Robertson says: "After the war E. Banks, former Curator of the Sarawak Museum, wrote a replacement text and deposited it in the British Museum (Natural History). In 1964, Ken Scriven, a long-time resident of Malaysia, was in London and quite by chance discovered not only Banks's text but also the coloured plates by H. Gronvold. He informed Lord Medway and David Wells who in turn decided to complete the series. Witherby, publisher of Volumes I to IV, agreed to produce Volume V using typesetting, paper and layout identical with the

neg: A History of British Birds (1843) these terms seems to be inexhaustable. They can now be considered a , somewhat romantic or just pure pedantry on the author’s part. But it was a serious attempt to try to define quite subtle colourings." Yarrell's "Birds" was mentioned in a well-known letter to "The Times" in 1913, when a Fellow of the Royal Society, the naturalist and paleontologist Richard Lydekker, wrote on 6 February that he had heard a cuckoo, explaining that though contrary to Yarrell's statement that records of the bird calling as early as March "must be treated with suspicion, if not with incredulity", it was

neg: Ralph Beilby partners 10 years later. The texts in Bewick's "A General History of Quadrupeds" (1790) and "History of British Birds: Land Birds" (1797) were drafted by Beilby and revised by Bewick. According to Bewick's account, Beilby wanted to have his name appeared in "Land Birds" as the sole author; however, upon Bewick's disagreement, neither of them was named as the author. The partnership came to an end in 1797, after the publication of "Land Birds". They were tentatively reconciled in 1800, co-operating again for some projects, including the publication of "Figures of British Land Birds". Bewick came to Beilby's defense when

neg: Birds of a Feather Birds of a Feather Birds of a Feather (commonly abbreviated to BOAF) is a British sitcom originally broadcast on BBC One from 16 October 1989 to 24 December 1998, then revived on ITV from 2 January 2014. Starring Pauline Quirke, Linda Robson and Lesley Joseph, it was created by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran, who also wrote some of the episodes along with many other writers. The first episode sees sisters Tracey Stubbs (Linda Robson) and Sharon Theodopolopodous (Pauline Quirke) brought together when their husbands are sent to prison for armed robbery. Sharon, who lived in an Edmonton council flat,

neg: John Guille Millais Bahr al Ghazal, an exploit which led to a book on the Upper Nile, "Far Away Up The Nile", published in 1924. Millais is one of the most respected of British ornithologists and bird artists, producing between 1890 and 1914 a series of books on birds and other natural history subjects. In the study of ornithology he was renowned for his portraiture of wildfowl and game birds, the subjects of his three most famous works: "Natural History of British Feeding Ducks"; "British Diving Ducks" and "British Game Birds". They rank amongst the finest work on wildfowl ever published. Each bird

neg: Kenneth Chance (from 1906), and Chairman (from 1933) of British Cyanides, and was MD & Chairman of its sister company British Industrial Plastics Ltd. He wrote a history of British Cyanides. In 1944, he gave the Society Of Chemical Industry's first "Chance Memorial Lecture", on the subject of his father. He was Sheriff of Warwickshire in 1948–1949. At that time, his address was listed as Radford Manor, at Radford Semele, near Leamington Spa. Chance was also a keen egg-collector, forming between 1925 and 1938 a complete collection of Warwickshire birds' eggs which is now in the possession of his grandson. He died

neg: Bird feeding Bird feeding Bird feeding is the activity of feeding wild birds, often by means of a bird feeder. The British naturalist James Fisher wrote that the first person recorded as feeding wild birds was the 6th-century monk Saint Serf of Fife who tamed a pigeon by feeding it. During the harsh winter of 1890-1891 in the United Kingdom national newspapers asked people to put out food for birds. In 1910 in the United Kingdom, "Punch" magazine declared that feeding birds was a "national pastime." Today in the United Kingdom, most people feed year-round, and enough food is provided to support

neg: Edward Donovan in London. It was quite common for private collectors to open small public museums, and in 1807 he founded the London Museum and Institute of Natural History. This exhibited several hundred cases of world birds, mammals, reptiles, fish, molluscs, insects, corals and other invertebrates and botanical specimens and other exotica alongside his British collections. Donovan was, at first, the very successful author of a number of natural history titles, including "The Natural History of British Birds" (1792–97), "The Natural History of British Insects" (1792–1813), "The Natural History of British Fishes" (1802–08) and the two-volume "Descriptive Excursions Through South Wales and

neg: Raiatea starling in HMS "Resolution", which visited Raiatea in May and June 1774. The painting, now held by the British Natural History Museum, is annotated "Raiatea, female, June 1, 1774", and depicts the specimen obtained by the Forsters which entered the collection of Sir Joseph Banks and later disappeared. The specimen was also described as the "bay thrush" by John Latham, who had seen it in Banks' collection, in his "General Synopsis of Birds" (1781–1785). However, because Latham only used English names, it was left to Johann Friedrich Gmelin to give it a scientific name in 1789. Raiatea was visited in 1850

neg:
Charles Ottley Groom Napier that the British descended from the Ten Lost Tribes and was a personal friend of British Israelite Edward Hine. "The food, use, and beauty of British birds: An essay, accompanied by a catalogue, of all the British birds" (1865)
 "Variations in the colour, form and size of the eggs of birds" (1868) "The ocean world: being a descriptive history of the sea and its living inhabitants" (1868)
 "Natural History Rambles: Lakes and Rivers" (1879) "Miscellanea anthropologica" (1867)
 "The book of nature and the book of man" (1870) "Vegetarianism in the Bible" (1879) Charles Ottley Groom Napier Charles Ottley Groom Napier

neg: Michael Aris Michael Aris Michael Vaillancourt Aris (27 March 1946 – 27 March 1999) was an English historian who wrote and lectured on Bhutanese, Tibetan and Himalayan culture and history. He was the husband of Aung San Suu Kyi, the current State Counsellor of Myanmar. Aris was born in Havana, Cuba. His mother, Josette Aris (née Vaillancourt), was the Canadian Ambassador's daughter, and his English father, John Aris, was an officer with the British Council. After being educated at Worth School in Sussex and upon completing his degree in modern history at St Cuthbert's Society, Durham University in 1967, Aris spent six

neg: Michael John Nicoll Michael John Nicoll Michael John Nicoll (29 September 1880, Bepton - 31 October 1925, Leeds) was an English ornithologist and zoo director at Giza who worked on the birds of Egypt. He accompanied Lord Crawford on several voyages to explore bird life and wrote a book on his experiences. He also published one of the earliest comprehensive works on the birds of Egypt - the "Handlist of the Birds of Egypt". Nicoll born to Reverend C.A. Nicoll in Bepton, Sussex. He grew up at St Leonard's-on-Sea studying at the local school and moved to a farm in Brightling where he

neg: First Anglo-Afghan War Afghan men who had always disapproved of premarital sex and were especially enraged to see British infidels take their womenfolk to their beds. In his official history, Sir John William Kaye wrote he sadly had to declare "there are truths which must be spoken", namely there were "temptations which are most difficult to withstand and were not withstood by our English officers" as Afghan women were most attractive and those living in the "zenanas" (Islamic women's quarters) "were not unwilling to visit the quarters of the Christian stranger". Kaye wrote the scandal was "open, undisguised, notorious" with British officers and

neg: Mick Rogers (wildlife warden) the scientific study of birds extremely seriously, and believed that "serious" ornithology should take precedence over "popular" approaches at all times. As an illustration, following the publication in "British Birds" magazine of an account by Robin Chittenden of the finding of a northern parula on the Isles of Scilly in October 1983 (Chittenden 1986), in which Chittenden wrote effusively about his excitement at this find, which was then only the fourth record for Britain, Rogers wrote to the "British Birds" letters page criticising both Chittenden for an article consisting of "60 lines full of irrelevances", and the journal's editors for

neg: Prideaux John Selby today's prices). He died at Twizell House and was buried in Bamburgh churchyard. In 1810 he married Lewis Tabitha Mitford (1782-1859) daughter of Bertram Mitford (1748-1800) of Dennet's Hall in Leicester. They had three daughters. Selby is best known for his "Illustrations of British Ornithology" (1821–1834), the first set of life-sized illustrations of British birds. He also wrote "Illustrations of Ornithology" with William Jardine and "A History of British Forest-trees" (1842). Many of the illustrations in his works were drawn from specimens in his collection. In addition to the above works he contributed to Jardine's "Naturalist's Library" the volumes on

neg: A History of British Birds Birds: the letterpress thereof I cared little for, generally speaking; and yet there were certain introductory pages that, child as I was, I could not pass quite as a blank. They were those which treat of the haunts of sea-fowl; of 'the solitary rocks and promontories' by them only inhabited; of the coast of Norway, studded with isles from its southern extremity, the Lindeness, or Naze, to the North Cape-- <poem>Where the Northern Ocean, in vast whirls, Boils round the naked, melancholy isles Of farthest Thule; and the Atlantic surge Pours in among the stormy Hebrides.</poem> The English romantic poet

neg: Richard Roy Maconachie Richard Roy Maconachie Sir Richard Roy Maconachie, KBE, CIE (1885 - 18 January 1962) was an English civil servant in India and a naturalist. Tanner studied at Tonbridge School in Kent, England and University College, Oxford before joining the Indian Civil Service. He was British Minister in Kabul, Afghanistan from 1929 to 1935. During histime in Afghanistan, Maconachie assembled a collection of native birds that he later presented to the Natural History Museum at Tring in Tring, England (BMNH 1935-12-28). These bird skins became the basis of ornithologist Hugh Whistler's paper on the birds of Afghanistan in the Journal of

neg: Brent Reservoir in the birds of the Welsh Harp that continues until today, giving a unique historical perspective of a site in London. The next prominent ornithologist was William Glegg from the 1920s onwards and he wrote a paper for the London Naturalist in 1930 called 'The Birds of Middlesex since 1866, then a follow-up book to Harting's in 1935, called A History of the Birds of Middlesex. After the Second World War, a new generation of ornithologists took an interest, such as Professor Warmington, and Eric Simms, who lived just south of the reservoir in Dollis Hill. They were joined by

neg: W. A. R. Wood History of Siam" (1926), which was regarded as a standard work of the time. W. A. R. Wood William Alfred Rae Wood (23 January 1878 – 21 January 1970) was a British diplomat who lived most of his life in Thailand. He began working as an interpreter at the British Legation in Bangkok in 1896, and became the British Consul-General in Chiang Mai in 1921. He retired from office in 1931, and later took up teaching English in Chiang Mai, where he permanently settled down. He was a well known figure in the expatriate British community, and wrote several books,

neg: A History of British Birds notes that "Bewick was aware that his role was to offer a modest guide to birds that the common man not only could afford but would also want to possess." Bewick was not "a scientist, but he was a perfectionist". The book's text was written by "failed author" Ralph Beilby, but the text is "almost extraneous" given Bewick's masterpiece. The Tate Gallery writes that Bewick's " best illustrations ... are in his natural history books. The History of British Birds (2 vols, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1797–1804) reveals Bewick's gifts as a naturalist as well as an engraver (the artist was

neg: A. J. P. Taylor England" combined. Though he felt there was much to be ashamed of in British history, especially in regard to Ireland, he was very proud to be British and more specifically English. He was fond of stressing his nonconformist Northern English background and saw himself as part of a grand tradition of radical dissent that he regarded as the real glorious history of England. In 1964 Taylor wrote the introduction for "The Reichstag Fire" by the journalist Fritz Tobias. He thus became the first English-language historian and the first historian after Hans Mommsen to accept the conclusions of the book, that

neg: E. H. Carr Evans credited "What Is History?" with causing a revolution in British historiography in the 1960s. The Australian historian Keith Windschuttle, a critic of Carr noted regretfully that "What Is History?" has proved to be one of the most influential books ever written about historiography, and that there were very few historians working in the English language since the 1960s who had not read "What Is History?" Against Carr's theory of "facts of the past" and "facts of history", Winschuttle wrote:"Another contender for historical truth might be the proposition: 'The United States defeated Japan in the Second World War.' Now this

neg: A History of British Birds Thus the ploughboy in the distant field pulls our gaze past the yellow wagtail ..." The "History" is repeatedly mentioned in Charlotte Brontë's 1847 novel "Jane Eyre". John Reed throws the "History of British Birds" at Jane when she is ten; Jane uses the book as a place to which to escape, away from the painful Reed household; and Jane also bases her artwork on Bewick's illustrations. Jane and Mr Rochester use bird names for each other, including linnet, dove, skylark, eagle, and falcon. Brontë has Jane Eyre explain and quote Bewick: I returned to my book--Bewick's History of British

neg: Birds in music first to compose a piece of music that calls for pre-recorded birdsong. A few years later, Respighi wrote "Gli Uccelli" ("The Birds"), based on Baroque pieces imitating four different birds, one to each movement of the work after its prelude: In 1972, the Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara wrote the orchestral piece "Cantus Arcticus" (Opus 61, dubbed "Concerto for Birds and Orchestra"). It makes extensive use of recorded birdsong and bird calls from the Arctic, such as the trumpeting of migrating swans. In the 1960s and 1970s, rock bands started to use sound effects including birdsong in their albums. The English

neg: James Edmund Harting 13 March 1869 and remained on the staff for fifty years, becoming editor of the Naturalist Department in 1871 and later editor of the Shooting Department. By 1920 he contributed 2,326 articles as well as 124 obituary notices, as well as "Answers to Correspondents" which he wrote on Natural History, Falconry, Angling and other issues. Harting edited "The Zoologist" from 1877 to 1896 and was considered an authority on British birds. He was Assistant Secretary and Librarian to the Linnean Society. He was a Fellow of the Linnæan Society; a life member of the Zoological Society; member of the British

neg: Guy Dutson 2009 he went to survey to search for White-chested white-eye but failed to find any individuals. Dutson wrote most of the Pacific islands species' accounts in the BirdLife publication "Threatened Birds of the World". He is also involved in editing the same species for the "Handbook of the Birds of the World". As well as numerous scientific papers and project reports, he has authored: Guy Dutson Dr Guy Dutson is a British-born veterinarian, ornithologist and a leader of birding tours, who is a world authority on the birds of the south-west Pacific region. He has rediscovered or described several bird

neg: Eric Ives History of Law and the development of modern higher education. His biographical writing on Tudor courtiers covers the Welsh land-owning magnate William Brereton, who was unjustly condemned to death in 1536 on the false charge of being Anne Boleyn's lover. In 2000 the University of Birmingham Press published "The First Civic University: Birmingham, 1880-1980 - An Introductory History", which he co-wrote with Diane K. Drummond and Leonard Schwarz. Eric Ives Eric William Ives (12 July 1931 – 25 September 2012) was a British historian and an expert on the Tudor period. He was Emeritus Professor of English History at the

neg: Bird feeding or parts of cities (e.g. Trafalgar Square in London) feeding pigeons is forbidden, either because they compete with vulnerable native species, or because they abound and cause pollution and/or noise. Bird feeding Bird feeding is the activity of feeding wild birds, often by means of a bird feeder. The British naturalist James Fisher wrote that the first person recorded as feeding wild birds was the 6th-century monk Saint Serf of Fife who tamed a pigeon by feeding it. During the harsh winter of 1890-1891 in the United Kingdom national newspapers asked people to put out food for birds. In 1910

neg: Leslie Hilton Brown this work after he retired and also did consultant work on wildlife, land development and range management for various local and world agencies. He collaborated with the University of Addis Ababa and the Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Department in wildlife studies and was president of the East African Natural History Society from 1961 to 1963. He continued writing right up until his death, despite ill health. Along with several books, including "British Birds of Prey" in the Collins New Naturalist series, he wrote the Encyclopædia Britannica entry on the Falconiforms. He was elected a member of the British Ornithologists’ Union in

neg: August Batsch as Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens., alternatively titled as "Dissertatio inauguralis botanica sistens dispositionem generum plantarum Jenensium". Batsch wrote "Versuch einer Anleitung, zur Kenntniß und Geschichte der Thiere und Mineralien, für akademische Vorlesungen entworfen, und mit den nöthigsten Abbildungen versehen", in English Provisional guide to the knowledge, development and history of the animals and minerals, designed for academic lectures.The first part (Erster Theil) "Allgemeine Geschichte der Natur; besondre der Säugthiere, Vögel, Amphibien und Fische" German natural history, mammals, birds amphibians and fish appeared in 1788.Part two (Zweyter Theil). "Besondre Geschichte der Insekten, Gewürme und Mineralien" on insects, worms and minerals was

neg: The Natural History of Ireland are placed in the higher groups proposed by Pierre Barrère and adopted by early 19th century authors. The work is not illustrated "Figures of Irish birds are not required, as all the species are included, down to the period of publication (to mention British works only) in Selby's "Illustrations of British Ornithology", Gould's "Birds of Europe" Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5 ; and the "History of British Birds" by Bewick Bewick volume 1, Bewick volume 2 and Yarrell [1843], respectively.Yarrell Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3 Coloured figures of many of the species are also

neg: Thomas Powys, 4th Baron Lilford History Society. Lilford travelled widely, especially around the Mediterranean and his extensive collection of birds was maintained in the grounds of Lilford Hall, his second residence was Bank Hall in Bretherton, Lancashire, which he inherited from his father (3rd Baron Lilford), who inherited it from George Anthony Legh Keck. He inherited the Holland Estates from his mother's family. Until 1891, his aviaries featured birds from around the globe, including rheas, kiwis, Pink-headed ducks and a pair of free-flying Bearded vultures. He was responsible for the introduction of the Little owl into England in the 1880s. He wrote about birds including

neg: Edward Forster the younger vault at Walthamstow. At his death his library and his herbarium, collected in many parts of England, were sold. Robert Brown bought the herbarium and presented it to the British Museum. The species "Luzula forsteri" was named for Forster. In 1817 Forster had printed a catalogue of British birds. Subsequently he concentrated on plants. He printed papers on critical species of British plants in the "Transactions" of the Linnean Society, the "Annals and Magazine of Natural History", and "The Phytologist". Forster collected material on the flora of Essex. Several species described by him were in the "Supplement to English Botany"

neg: British literature "Rape of the Lock" and "The Dunciad" are masterpieces of the mock-epic genre. It was during this time that poet James Thomson (1700–48) produced his melancholy "The Seasons" (1728–30) and Edward Young (1681–1765) wrote his poem "Night-Thoughts" (1742). The second half of the 18th century is sometimes called the "Age of Johnson". Samuel Johnson (1709–1784), often referred to as Dr Johnson, was an English author who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. Johnson has been described as "arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history". After nine

neg: David Thomson (historian) David Thomson (historian) David Thomson (1912–1970) was an English historian who wrote several books about British and European history. He was a Scholar of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge from 1931 to 1934 where he took First Class Honours in both parts of the Historical Tripos. He had a long association with the college and was subsequently a Research Fellow, a Fellow and finally Master. He worked as a university lecturer in history and was a visiting professor at Columbia University in New York. His works include "Europe Since Napoleon" (Longmans, 1957); "World History from 1914 to 1961" (1963); "Democracy in

neg: Historiography of the French Revolution French authors Chateaubriand, Stendhal et Sainte-Beuve, was translated into English (1838) and Spanish (1889), and won him a seat in the Académie française in 1834. It was less appreciated by British critics, in large part because of his favorable view of the French Revolution and of Napoleon Bonaparte. The British historian Thomas Carlyle, who wrote his own history of the French Revolution, complained that it "was far as possible from meriting its high reputation", though he admitted that Thiers is "a brisk man in his way, and will tell you much if you know nothing." The British historian Hugh Chisholm

neg: Joseph Whitaker (naturalist) has three lights, showing St. Francis and a number of birds, all of which are mentioned in White's book "The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne". Whitaker wrote a number of books, including at least one volume of poems, and made contributions to the Victoria County History series of books. His collection included china, bric-a-brac, books and prints, and among the curios he amassed was the first known circular saw, which was manufactured by a company in Mansfield. The following books written by Whitaker are listed in the British Library catalogue. Joseph Whitaker (naturalist) Joseph Whitaker (12 July 1850 –

neg: William Q. De Funiak William Q. De Funiak William Quinby De Funiak (November 16, 1901 – November 2, 1981), who wrote as William Q. De Funiak, was an American writer and law academic who wrote what was probably the first systematic American-British, British-American dictionary. It was called exactly that: "American-British, British-American Dictionary With Helpful Hints for Travelers" and first published in the 1960s. He was born in Alabama and traveled abroad to lecture and study and visited Britain a good deal. He noted the linguistic differences between American English and British English and decided to produce a detailed glossary to aid the "two peoples

neg: Michael Rank from Chinese to English and a freelance journalist. His interest in birds led him to study the life of Frank Ludlow and the history of English School of Gyantse. One of his articles on this subject was published by the Namgyal Institute of Tibetology. He published three articles in the Royal Society for Asian Affairs. Michael Rank Michael Rank (1950 – May 20, 2017) was a British author. He was a journalist in China in the early 1980s, and visited Tibet in 1983. Rank graduated in 1972 from Downing College, Cambridge, University of Cambridge in Chinese studies. He also pursued

neg: Alfred White Franklin Alfred White Franklin Alfred White Franklin FRCP (2 June 1905 – 20 September 1984) was an English neonatologist and paediatrician who edited numerous books on child abuse, founded the British Association for the Study and Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect, kept an interest in medical history and wrote on child matters. He was a prominent figure in the field of child abuse prevention. He co-founded the Osler Club of London while he was a medical student at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London and later wrote a biography of Sir William Osler. After qualifying from St Bartholomew's, he became a paediatrician

neg: Alfred White Franklin died on 20 September 1984, while on holiday in Italy. Alfred White Franklin Alfred White Franklin FRCP (2 June 1905 – 20 September 1984) was an English neonatologist and paediatrician who edited numerous books on child abuse, founded the British Association for the Study and Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect, kept an interest in medical history and wrote on child matters. He was a prominent figure in the field of child abuse prevention. He co-founded the Osler Club of London while he was a medical student at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London and later wrote a biography of Sir William

neg: John Freeman Milward Dovaston degree, he was admitted to the bar in 1807. He however did not like the practice and when his father died the next year, he moved back to his estate. Dovaston wrote letters to gentlemen's magazines, sometimes under the pen name of "Von Osdat" (an anagram of his surname) and his writings even to more learned journals such as the "Magazine of Natural History" included light-hearted verse. Dovaston became a friend of the Newcastle upon Tyne wood engraver Thomas Bewick, and offered additions and corrections to the fifth edition of his "History of British Birds". In his letters to Bewick,

neg: A History of British Birds (1843) this), so in these cases Fussell was not involved. The first edition was organized as follows into four "Orders" of birds. These do not correspond exactly with later taxonomy of the class. Contemporaries enjoyed Yarrell's "Birds", which sold well through various editions. In "The Birds of Shakespeare" (1871), James Edmund Harting notes that "an excellent dissertation on the organ of voice in the raven will be found in the second volume of Yarrell's 'British Birds'", and Harting refers to Yarrell when he needs ornithological facts. Thomas R Forbes, in his biographical paper on Yarrell, writes that "All [editions of "Birds"]

neg: Richard Gough (antiquarian) Richard Gough (antiquarian) Richard Gough (21 October 1735 – 20 February 1809) was a prominent and influential English antiquarian. He served as director of the Society of Antiquaries of London from 1771 to 1791; published a major work on English church monuments; and translated and edited a new edition of William Camden's "Britannia". He is not to be confused with the Richard Gough who wrote a "History of Myddle", Shropshire, in 1700. Gough was born in London, where his father, Harry Gough, was a prosperous director of the British East India Company and also a member of parliament. In 1751

neg: Jane Mulvagh Jane Mulvagh Jane Mulvagh is an Irish-born journalist and social historian, specialising in British history. She is best known for her history of Madresfield Court, the English country house upon which Evelyn Waugh based his novel "Brideshead Revisited". Mulvagh has Irish roots and was educated at an English convent before going up to Girton College, Cambridge, to read History. Her early interest in fashion history led to eight years at "Vogue", as a fashion historian and features writer. Mulvagh completed the "Vogue History of Twentieth Century Fashion" (Viking Penguin) in 1988. She left "Vogue" the following year and subsequently wrote