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William Swainson

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Also known as Swainson

English naturalist and artist (1789–1855)

Person · Open Library

Born
8 October 1789
Died
6 December 1855
Works
85

Top works

  • Zoological Illustrations, or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals, Selected Chiefly from the Classes of Ornithology
  • Swainson's plain proof plates
  • Ornithology
  • An encyclopaedia of geography
  • Zoological Illustrations Series II by

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Canada
Active from
1955-11-15
hard bopjazzpost-bop

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. VMD: Visual molecular dynamics

    · 1996 · cited 62,994x

  2. Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure

    · 1976 · cited 44,845x

  3. Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water

    · 1983 · cited 39,574x

  4. QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data

    · 2010 · cited 30,950x

  5. Preparation of Graphitic Oxide

    · 1958 · cited 28,686x

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
William
Gender
male
Place of birth
London
Place of death
Lower Hutt
Languages spoken
English language
Field of work
ornithology
Image
Swainson 1830.jpg
Work location
Brazil
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Commons category
William Swainson (1789-1855)
date of death
1855-12-06
date of birth
1789-10-08
Commons Creator page
William Swainson
name in native language
William Swainson
writing language
English language
author citation (zoology)
Swainson
Sources (5)

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Works in European collections

1 object attributed to William Swainson, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana