A series of birds from his Birds of Australia, with paintings by H
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John Gould
John Gould 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. Because of his 1840s seven-volume series The Birds of Australia and its updates he has been considered the father of bird study in Australia, and the…
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culture · English ornithologist (1804–1881) · zoologist · illustrator · ornithologist · scientific collector · painter · biologist · also John Gould, Gould, J. Gould
Born 14 September 1804 · Died 3 February 1881 · Q313787
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2005· 1 entry
Awarded CHI Academy (2005).
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1976· 1 entry
Was honoured on a postage stamp, bearing his portrait, issued by Australia Post
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1881· 1 entry
Died 1881-02-03.
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1856· 1 entry
In preparation for the work, taking with him the artist Henry Wolf who drew 57 of the plates from Gould's preparatory sketches
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1841· 1 entry
After the birth of their eighth child, Sarah, and Gould's books subsequently used illustrations by a number of artists, including Henry Constantine Richter, William Matthew Hart and Joseph Wolf
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1838· 2 entries
The Goulds sailed to Australia, intending to study the birds of that country and be the first to produce a major work on the subject
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And his wife moved to Australia to work on the Birds of Australia
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1832· 1 entry
They also had three daughters, Eliza (born c. 1832), Louisa (born 1837) and Sarah "Sai" Gould (born 1841).
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1830· 1 entry
A collection of birds arrived from the Himalayas, many not previously described
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1829· 1 entry
They had at least three sons, (John) Henry Gould (1829–1855) and Franklin Gould (1839–1873) dying before him.
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1824· 1 entry
Set himself up in business in London as a taxidermist
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1818· 1 entry
Gould Snr became foreman in the Royal Gardens of Windsor
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1804· 2 entries
Born 1804-09-14.
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Awarded Fellow of the Royal Society (1804).
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