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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. Su identificación de los pinzones de Charles Darwin fue básica para el desarrollo de la teoría del origen de las especies.
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
For a man with no formal scientific training, John Gould made a remarkable name for himself as one of the great naturalist figures of the nineteenth century. Gould's two great contributions to science were taxonomically describing Charles Darwin's Galapagos finches and his descriptions of Australian fauna.
Businessman, publisher, and obsessive bird collector, John Gould was the first influential figure in Australian ornithology. John Gould: books and illustrations. John Gould was an immensely successful publisher. Over the course of his lifetime he produced 21 titles. Discover a selection of his published works in digital format.
John Gould wrote many warnings about the potential extinction of Australian species. Ironically his collectors were killing thousands of birds and mammals all over the world to send to him for identification and illustration.
10 de abr. de 2018 · Apr 10, 2018. The Extraordinary Legacy of 'Bird Man' John Gould. By Cecilie Gasseholm. 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. A MONOGRAPH OF THE TROGONIDAE.
