John Gould
Academic
1804 – 1881
Who was John Gould?
John Gould FRS was an English ornithologist and bird artist. He published a number of monographs on birds, illustrated by plates that he produced with the assistance of his wife, Elizabeth Gould, and several other artists including Edward Lear, Henry Constantine Richter, Joseph Wolf and William Matthew Hart. He has been considered the father of bird study in Australia and the Gould League in Australia is named after him. His identification of the birds now nicknamed "Darwin's finches" played a role in the inception of Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection. Gould's work is referenced in Charles Darwin's book, On the Origin of Species.
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- Born
- Sep 14, 1804
Lyme Regis - Also known as
- Гульд, Джон
- Nationality
- England
- Died
- Feb 3, 1881
London
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on July 23, 2013
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