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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 25
Top works
- Facts and opinions concerning diabetes. By John Latham, M. D. F. R. S. Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, and Physician Extraordinary to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales
- Organization diagnosis, design, and transformation
- Trafalgar
- Java
- Baldrige User's Guide, EContent
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1740-06-27 ) 27 June 1740, Eltham , Kent, England
- Died
- 4 February 1837 (1837-02-04) (aged 96), Winchester , Hampshire , England
- Known for
- A General Synopsis of Birds
- Fields
- Ornithology
- Author abbrev zoology
- Latham
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Place of birth
- Eltham
- Place of death
- Winchester
- Occupation
- physician
- Educated at
- Merchant Taylors' School
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- medicine
- Image
- Latham John 1740-1837.png
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- date of birth
- 1740-06-27
- date of death
- 1837-02-04
- author citation (zoology)
- Latham
- name in native language
- John Latham
- place of burial
- England
- Commons category
- John Latham (ornithologist)
- Commons Creator page
- John Latham (ornithologist)
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- canton of Ardentes
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Encyclopedic overview
John Latham FRS (27 June 1740 – 4 February 1837) was an English medical doctor, naturalist and author. His main works were A General Synopsis of Birds (1781–1801) and A General History of Birds (1821–1828). He was able to examine specimens of Australian birds that reached England in the final twenty years of the 18th century, and was responsible for providing English names for many of them. He named some of Australia's most famous birds, including the emu, sulphur-crested cockatoo, wedge-tailed eagle, superb lyrebird, Australian magpie, magpie-lark, white-throated needletail and pheasant coucal. Latham has been called the "grandfather" of Australian ornithology. He was also the first to describe the hyacinth macaw from South America.
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “John Latham” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.