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John Kirk Townsend

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U.S. ornithologist (1809-1851)

Person · Open Library

Born: 1809
Died: 1851
Works: 19

Top works

Early Western Travels, 1748-1846
Ornithology of the United States of North America, or, Descriptions of the Birds Inhabiting the States and Territories of the Union
Townsend's Narrative of a Journey Across the Rocky Mountains, to the Columbia Rive
Sporting Excursions in the Rocky Mountains
Narrative of a Journey Across the Rocky Mountains, to the Columbia River, and a Visit to the Sandwich Islands, Chili, &C. ; with a Scientific Appendix

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple
· 1996 · cited 200,555x
Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 41,678x
Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology
· 2000 · cited 36,344x
Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment
· 2007 · cited 34,305x
The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)
· 1992 · cited 28,846x

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Key dates

Born: 10 August 1809
Died: 6 February 1851

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: John
Family name: Townsend
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Philadelphia
Place of death: Washington, D.C.
Occupation: naturalist
Languages spoken: English language
Field of work: ornithology

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1809 births 1851 deaths 19th-century American naturalists American ornithologists Deaths by arsenic poisoning Explorers of the Pacific Northwest Scientists from Philadelphia Westtown School alumni

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P485: American Philosophical Society
P509: arsenic poisoning
P1196: natural causes
P119: Congressional Cemetery

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