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Painting, oil on canvas, of a toucan by Vigors, 1831. Nicholas Aylward Vigors (1785 – 26 October 1840) was an Irish zoologist and politician. He popularized the classification of birds on the basis of the quinarian system.
Nicolás Aylward Vigors ( 1785 – 26 de octubre de 1840) fue un zoólogo y político irlandés. Los Vigors vivieron en Leighlin Viejo, Condado Carlow. Estudió en la Universidad de la Trinidad, en Oxford. Sirvió en el ejército durante la Guerra Peninsular de 1809 a 1811 y después regresó a Oxford, graduándose en 1817.
Nicolás Aylward Vigors ( 1785 – 26 de octubre de 1840) fue un zoólogo y político irlandés. Los Vigors vivieron en Leighlin Viejo, Condado Carlow. Estudió en la Universidad de la Trinidad, en Oxford. Sirvió en el ejército durante la Guerra Peninsular de 1809 a 1811 y después regresó a Oxford, graduándose en 1817.
Vigors, Nicholas Aylward (1785?–1840), zoologist, soldier, and liberal MP, was probably born in 1785 (although some sources claim 1787) at Old Leighlin, Co. Carlow, eldest surviving son of Capt. Nicholas Aylward Vigors, 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment, of Old Leighlin and Belmont, Co. Carlow, and his first wife, Catherine (d.
Nicholas Aylward Vigors was born in Old Leighlin, Co. Carlow to a wealthy landowning family. After studying at Oxford and Lincoln ’s Inn , he joined the Grenadier Guards and was severely wounded in the Peninsular War. He was invalided home, returned to Oxford , and graduated BA in 1817. As a gentleman of independent means, Vigors devoted ...
Vigors, Nicholas Aylward, an eminent zoologist, was born at Old Leighlin, near Carlow, in 1787. He was educated at Oxford, where he published, in 1810, An Enquiry into the Nature and Extent of Poetic Licence. In 1809 he entered the Guards as an ensign, and was present at the action of Barossa in 1811.
Vigors, Nicholas Aylward, an eminent zoologist, was born at Old Leighlin, near Carlow, in 1787. He was educated at Oxford, where he published, in 1810, An Enquiry into the Nature and Extent of Poetic Licence. In 1809 he entered the Guards as an ensign, and was present at the action of Barossa in 1811.
