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History of New Orleans Louisiana : John James Audubon
John James Audubon, b. Apr. 26, 1785, d. Jan. 27,
1851, was a French-American ornithologist noted for his bird drawings and paintings. After being
educated in France, he came to "Mill Grove," the Audubon estate outside
Philadelphia where he first experimented with bird-banding and migration.
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John James Audubon, b. Apr. 26, 1785, d. Jan. 27,
1851, was a French-American ornithologist noted for his bird drawings and paintings. After being
educated in France, he came to "Mill Grove," the Audubon estate outside
Philadelphia where he first experimented with bird-banding and migration. Eventually he
devoted his life to painting birds and other animals. Audubon earned a living
painting portraits and for a while taught drawing in New Orleans. He took his
bird paintings to a publisher in Edinburgh, Scotland, and they were
printed in Birds of America between 1827 and 1838, with the text, Ornithological
Biography, appearing in five volumes between 1831 and 1839. William
MacGillivray, a Scottish naturalist, collaborated with Audubon on the text and
supplied most of the scientific data. Audubon had completed more than 400 paintings by
1838.
Because he was one of the first U.S. naturalists, the Audubon
societies of today were named for him.
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Bibliography:
Adams, A. B., John James Audubon: A Biography
(1976); Audubon, J. J., Letters, 1826-1840, ed. by H. Corning (1930; repr. 1969);
Chancellor, John, Audubon (1978); Durant, Mary and Harwood, Michael, On the Road
with John James Audubon (1980; repr. 1984); Ford, Alice E., John James Audubon
(1965; repr. 1988); Herrick, F. H., Audubon the Naturalist, 2 vols. (1938;
repr. 1968).
National Audubon Society
700 Broadway
New York, NY 10003-9562
(212) 979-3000
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