- George Edwards
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George Edwards (
April 3 ,1694 -July 23 ,1773 ) was an English naturalist andornithologist , known as the "father of Britishornithology ".Edwards was born at Stratford,
Essex . In his early years he travelled extensively through mainlandEurope , studyingnatural history , and gained some reputation for his coloured drawings ofanimal s, especiallybird s. In 1733, on the recommendation of SirHans Sloane , he was appointed librarian to theRoyal College of Physicians inLondon .In 1743 he published the first volume of his "History of Birds", the fourth volume of which appeared in 1751, and three supplementary volumes, under the title "Gleanings of Natural History", were issued in 1758, 1760 and 1764. The two works contain engravings and descriptions of more than 600 subjects in natural history not before described or delineated. He likewise added a general index in French and English, which was afterwards supplied with Linnaean names by Linnaeus himself, with whom he frequently corresponded.
About 1764 he retired to Plaistow, Essex, where he later died.
He also wrote "Essays of Natural History" (1770) and "Elements of Fossilogy" (1776).
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