# onthisday1804 artist fungi butterflies birds nature book archive scientificillustration 18thcentury

Born John Gould British ornithologist & bird Published a series of monographs on birds illustrated by sublime plates produced with assistance of his wife & other artists Called father of bird study in Australia Worked with Darwin identifying finches

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2022-09-14

Gould, , A monograph of the Trochilidæ, or family of humming-birds [J. Gould & H.C. Richter] Pitcairnia altensteinii.

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2022-08-31

It's official - I've signed my contract with for my first monograph "Being Pretty in the Eighteenth Century: A Cultural History of Female Beauty" (due around 2024)! Yay!

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2022-08-18