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John Gould (14 de septiembre de 1804 – 3 de febrero de 1881) fue un naturalista y ornitólogo inglés. La Gould League en Australia lleva su nombre en honor a sus contribuciones a la ornitología.
John Gould FRS (/ ɡ uː l d /; 14 September 1804 – 3 February 1881) was an English ornithologist who published monographs on birds, illustrated by plates produced by his wife, Elizabeth Gould, and several other artists, including Edward Lear, Henry Constantine Richter, Joseph Wolf and William Matthew Hart.
8 de mar. de 2024 · John Gould (born Sept. 14, 1804, Lyme Regis, Dorsetshire, Eng.—died Feb. 3, 1881, London) was an English ornithologist whose large, lavishly illustrated volumes on birds commanded ever-mounting prices among bibliophiles.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Elizabeth Gould fallecería el 15 de agosto de 1841 a la edad de 37 años, poco después de su octavo parto. A partir de entonces los libros de John Gould serían ilustrados además de por él, por varios artistas como Henry Constantine Richter, Joseph Wolf, o William Matthew Hart. Entre 1841 y 1842 apareció su A Monograph of the Macropodidae.
Illustration of John Gould Photographer: Australian Museum Photography © Out of copyright. Image: -© University of Sydney Library. John Gould (1804-1881) was a businessman, publisher, and obsessive bird collector with an eye for a talented artist.
John Gould was a fellow of many scientific societies including the Zoological, Linnean and Royal Societies. In his lifetime, he wrote over 300 scientific articles and identified 377 new species of birds.
10 de abr. de 2018 · A magnificent set of works by the unrivalled naturalist John Gould – the most celebrated British ornithologist of the nineteenth-century – features in the upcoming Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History sale in London on 15 May.
