John Gould

John Gould

male, deceased (1881)
Ornithologist, Birds of Europe, Ripley, North Yorkshire, Australian, A Century of Birds from the Himalaya Mountains, ripley…Birdartist
John Gould was an English ornithologist. The Gould League in Australia was named after him. His identification of Charles Darwin's finches was...
John James Audubon

John James Audubon

male, deceased (1851)
Ornithologist, Writer-illustrator, nature writer, hunter, Kentucky painter, Louisiana Creole…bird, Birdartist
John James Audubon (April 26, 1785 - January 27, 1851) was a French-American ornithologist, naturalist, hunter, and painter. He painted,...
Louis Agassiz Fuertes

Louis Agassiz Fuertes

male, deceased (1927)
Cornell University, Cornell University alumni, Cornell University faculty, Naturalist, Birdartist, Ornithologist
Louis Agassiz Fuertes (1874 - 1927) was an American ornithologist and illustrator. Fuertes decided to concentrate on painting birds as a career...
Roger Tory Peterson

Roger Tory Peterson

male, deceased (1996)
Ornithologist, Naturalist, peterson field guide, American ornithological writer, Ornithological writer, bird…Birdartist
Roger Tory Peterson, was an American naturalist, ornithologist, artist, and educator, and held to be one of the founding inspirations for the 20th...
George Miksch Sutton

George Miksch Sutton

male, deceased (1982)
University of Oklahoma faculty, John Burroughs Medal recipient, University of Oklahoma, Cornell University alumni, Birdartist, Ornithologist…To a young bird artist
George Miksch Sutton (1898 - 1982) was an American ornithologist and bird artist. He published numerous technical papers in ornithology as well as...
Mark Catesby

Mark Catesby

male, deceased (1749)
Botanist, Fellow of the Royal Society, Naturalist, Birdartist, bird, Ornithologist
Mark Catesby (April 3, 1683 - December 1749) was an English naturalist. Between 1731 and 1743 Catesby published his "Natural History of Carolina,...
David Allen Sibley

David Allen Sibley

male, 47 years old
Birdartist, ornithology, Ornithologist, American, The Sibley Guide to Birds
David Allen Sibley (born 1962, New York) is an American ornithologist. He is the author and illustrator of "The Sibley Guide to Birds", considered...
Alexander Wilson

Alexander Wilson

male, deceased (1813)
Gray's Ferry, River Cart, Renfrewshire, Political writer, from Renfrewshire, immigrant to the United States…artist, bird, Birdartist
Alexander Wilson (July 6, 1766 - August 23, 1813) was a Scottish-American poet, ornithologist, naturalist and illustrator. Wilson was born in...
Peter Scott

Peter Scott

male, deceased (1989)
Old West Down, Sailor at the 1936 Summer Olympics, Motor Torpedo Boat, Kathleen Bruce, Television presenter, Natural Sciences…Birdartist
Sir Peter Markham Scott, CH, CBE, DSC, FRS, FZS, (September 14, 1909 – August 29, 1989) was a British ornithologist, conservationist, painter and sp...
Edward Lear

Edward Lear

male, deceased (1888)
Humorous poet, literary nonsense, Writer-illustrator, Victorian poetry, asthma, From Highgate…Birdartist, artist
Edward Lear was an English artist, illustrator and writer known for his literary nonsense, in poetry and prose, and especially his limericks, a...