Died 1837-02-04.
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John Latham
John Latham was an English medical doctor, naturalist and author. His main works were A General Synopsis of Birds (1781–1801) and A General History of Birds (1821–1828). He was able to examine specimens of Australian birds that reached England in the final twenty years of the 18th century, and was responsible for providing English names for many of them. He named some of Australia's most famous bi…
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science · English physician, naturalist and author (1740–1837) · biologist · ornithologist · zoologist · illustrator · naturalist · writer · scientific illustrator · physician · also John Latham, John Latham (ornithologist), Latham
Born 27 June 1740 · Died 4 February 1837 · Q334364
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1837· 2 entries
“re Mildly Peeved Researchers. [After a helpful title card informs us that”
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1821· 2 entries
And in the following year his son died by suicide
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When Latham was in his eighties, he published an expanded version of his earlier work in eleven volumes, with the title A General History of Birds
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1819· 1 entry
Latham sold his house in Romsey and moved with his wife to live with his daughter's family in Winchester
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1812· 1 entry
Was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
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1740· 1 entry
Born 1740-06-27.
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