William Swainson

William Swainson (October 8, 1789 - December 6, 1855), was an English ornithologist and artist. Image File history File linksMetadata Swainson_William_1789-1855. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Swainson_William_1789-1855. ... October 8 is the 281st day of the year (282nd in leap years). ... 1789 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... December 6 is the 340th day (341st on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the British Isles Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st UK... Ornithology (from the Greek ornitha = chicken and logos = word/science) is the branch of biology concerned with the scientific study of birds. ... Artist is a descriptive term applied to a person who engages in an activity deemed to be an art. ...

Swainson was born in St. Mary Newington, London. At the age of fourteen he became a customs clerk in Liverpool. He developed an interest in natural history by studying his fathers shell and insect collections. He was drafted into the army and sent to Sicily, but was forced to retire due to ill health. The Houses of Parliament and the clock tower containing Big Ben Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ... Liverpool waterfront by night, as seen from the Wirral. ... Natural history is an umbrella term for what are now usually viewed as a number of distinct scientific disciplines. ... Sicilian disambiguates here; see also Sicilian language or Sicilian Defence. ...

Swainson travelled in Brazil from 1816 to 1818, returning to England with a collection of over 20,000 insects, 1,200 species of plants, drawings of 120 species of fish, and about 760 bird skins. His friend William Elford Leach encouraged him to experiment with lithography for his book Zoological Illustrations (1820-23). 1816 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1818 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Classes & Orders Subclass:Apterygota Orders Archaeognatha (Bristletails) Thysanura (Silverfish) Monura - extinct Subclass:Pterygota Infraclass: Paleoptera (paraphyletic) Orders Ephemeroptera (mayflies) Palaeodictyoptera - extinct Megasecoptera - extinct Archodonata - extinct Diaphanopterodea - extinct Protodonata - extinct Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) Infraclass: Neoptera Superorder: Exopterygota Orders (lower Exopterygota) Blattodea (cockroaches) Isoptera (termites) Mantodea (mantids) Dermaptera (earwigs) Plecoptera (stoneflies... Divisions Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants Adiantum pedatum (a fern... Atlantic herring, Clupea harengus: the most abundant species of fish in the world. ... Aves redirects here. ... William Elford Leach FRS (February 2, 1790 - August 26, 1836) was an English zoologist and marine biologist. ...

When Leach was forced to resign from the British Museum due to ill health, Swainson applied to replace him, but the post was given to John George Children. Swainson continued with his writing, the most influential of which was the second volume of Fauna Boreali-Americana (1831) which he co-authored with John Richardson. He also produced a second series of Zoological Illustrations (1832-33), three volumes of Jardine's Naturalist's Library, and eleven volumes of Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopedia. The main entrance to the British Museum The British Museum in London is the United Kingdoms - and one of the worlds - largest and most important museums of human history and culture. ... John George Children (May 18, 1777 - January 1, 1852) was a British chemist, mineralogist and zoologist. ... Sir John Richardson (1787 - 1865) was a Scottish naval surgeon, naturalist and arctic explorer. ... Sir William Jardine, seventh baronet of Applegirth (February 23, 1800 - November 21, 1874) was a Scottish naturalist. ... Dionysius Lardner (April 3, 1793 - April 29, 1859), Irish scientific writer, was born at Dublin. ...

In 1841 he emigrated to New Zealand to become a farmer, but failed partly due to the opposition from local Maoris. In 1851 he sailed to Sydney and he took the post of Botanical Surveyor with the Victoria Government. This also failed, apparently due to his lack of knowledge of botany. He returned to New Zealand in 1855, where he died. Te Puni, Māori Chief Māori is the name of the indigenous people of New Zealand, and their language. ... Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales and with a population of over four million people is the most populous city in Australia. ... Motto: Peace and Prosperity Other Australian states and territories Capital Melbourne Governor HE Mr John Landy Premier Steve Bracks (ALP) Area 237,629 km² (6th)  - Land 227,416 km²  - Water 10,213 km² (4. ...

Swainson's friend John James Audubon named Swainson's Warbler after him, Charles Lucien Bonaparte named Swainson's Hawk for him, and Swainson's Thrush was named for him by Thomas Nuttall. John James Audubon John James Audubon (April 26, 1785 – January 27, 1851) was a Franco-American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter. ... Binomial name Limnothlypis swainsonii (Audobon, 1834) The Swainsons Warbler, Limnothlypis swainsonii, is a small species of New World warbler. ... Charles Lucien Jules Laurent Bonaparte (May 24, 1803 – July 29, 1857) was a French naturalist and ornithologist. ... Binomial name Buteo swainsoni Bonaparte, 1838 The Swainsons Hawk, Buteo swainsoni, is a large hawk. ... Binomial name Catharus ustulatus (Nuttall, 1840) The Swainsons Thrush, Catharus ustulatus, is a medium-sized thrush. ... Thomas Nuttall (January 5, 1786 - September 10, 1859) was an English botanist and zoologist, who lived and worked in America from 1808 until 1842. ...