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George Edwards

G. Edwards

English naturalist and ornithologist (1694 – 1773).

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ISNI

UK National Archives ID

UK National Archives

Statements about George Edwards

Occupation

Biologist
Ornithologist
Entomologist
Librarian
Botanist
Visual Artist

Member Of

Royal Society

Country of Citizenship

Kingdom of Great Britain
United Kingdom

Date of Birth

4/3/1694
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Unspecified Calendar, Assumed Gregorian
4/3/1693
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Unspecified Calendar, Assumed Gregorian
1694
4/7/1694

Date of Death

7/23/1773
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Unspecified Calendar, Assumed Gregorian
Reason for Preferred Rank
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Most Precise Value
Reason for Preferred Rank
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Best Referenced Value
1773

Instance Of

Human

Image

Award Received

Copley Medal
(1750)
Award Rationale
: On account of a very curious Book lately published by him, and intiyled, A Natural History of Birds, &c. - containing the Figures elegantly drawn, and illuminated in their proper colours, of 209 different Birds, and about 20 very rare Quadrupeds, Serpents
Point in Time
: 1750
Fellow of the Royal Society

Place of Birth

Stratford

Given Name

George

Described by Source

Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th Edition
Obálky Knih
URL
:bug2: http://wikiba.se/ontology#Url
Geographicus Rare Antique Maps Biographical Dictionary of Cartographers
Language of Work or Name
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English

Commons Gallery

George Edwards

Family Name

Edwards

Place of Death

Plaistow

Sex or Gender

Male

Has Works in the Collection

Minneapolis Institute of Art
National Gallery of Art
Yale Center for British Art
Musea Brugge

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

English

Name in Native Language

George Edwards

Field of Work

Ornithology

Start of Work Period

1709

End of Work Period

1773

Different From

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Glavis Bernard Edwards Jr.
Statement Is Subject Of
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Edwards, George (1694-1773) (DNB00)
Statement Is Subject Of
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Q21169640
Statement Is Subject Of
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EB-11 / Edwards, George