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William John Swainson ( 8 de octubre de 1789 – 6 de diciembre de 1855) fue un naturalista, ornitólogo y artista inglés. Swainson nació en St. Mary Newington, Londres. A la edad de catorce años fue empleado en Liverpool. [1] Desarrolló gran interés por la historia natural estudiando colecciones de insectos.
William John Swainson FLS, FRS (8 October 1789 – 6 December 1855 [1] ), was an English ornithologist, malacologist, conchologist, entomologist, and artist. Life. Swainson was born in Dover Place, St Mary Newington, London, the eldest son of John Timothy Swainson the Second (1756–1824), an original fellow of the Linnean Society. [2] .
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William John Swainson, British ornithologist precursor of orchid hunting. Illustration of Ophrys speculum probably painted by William Swainson. In 1818, William John Swainson was collecting plants in Rio de Janeiro. He sent a box of tropical plants he had acquired to London.
It was largely developed by the entomologist William Sharp Macleay in 1819. The system was further promoted in the works of Nicholas Aylward Vigors, William John Swainson and Johann Jakob Kaup. Swainson's work on ornithology gave wide publicity to the idea.
Maintaining scientific relations. Reputation abroad. Early life. William John Swainson was born in London in 1789, the son of John Timothy Swainson, a customs collector, keen amateur zoologist and a founding Fellow of the Linnean Society, whose collection of British insects and shells inspired in William a passion for natural history.
Fields. Ornithology, malacology, entomology, natural history. William John Swainson, Fellow of the Linnean Society and Fellow of the Royal Society (8 October 1789 – 6 December 1855), was an English ornithologist, malacologist, entomologist and artist .
William John Swainson was a British naturalist and an artist. He is most known for his beautiful colorful drawings of nature, especially of shells, flowers and birds which he himself collected and observed during his life. Early Life and Background.
