How did john james audubon die
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Audubon Biography
Audubon, John James (Apr. 26, 1785 – Jan. 27, 1851), artist and ornithologist, perhaps the most popular naturalist of America, has so long been a figure of sentiment and idealism, and as a man and a scientist has suffered so from the touching up of enthusiastic biographers, that it has been difficult to divorce the romance of fiction from that of truth in what was in any case a most colorful and adventurous life. The facts of Audubon’s birth and parentage, long obscured by the haze of legend, have been established through the researches of Prof. Francis Herrick. Audubon’s father, Jean Audubon, a native of Les Sables d’Olonne on the Bay of Biscay, from boyhood had followed the sea. In 1770 he entered the Santo Domingo trade, and from 1774 captained his own ship. Captured by the British in 1779, he was held a prisoner in New York for several months. A short time after his release he was placed in command of the Queen Charlotte, with which in October 1781 he joined the fleet of De Grasse before Yorktown. After successively commandi
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John James Audubon
A multifaceted and enigmatic person whose life story has at times been portrayed with a mix of facts, fiction, and legend both by himself and others, John James Audubon continues to fascinate, perplex, and even disturb those who take an interest in him and his work. With limited formal training in either art or science, he came to be regarded as one of the most important artist-naturalists of the nineteenth century. In the United States his name became associated long after his death with new movements for nature conservation and the popularized study of birds. During his lifetime Audubon studied and drew almost 500 species of American birds, and close to 100 species of mammals. The publication of his drawings, and the many reproductions of them produced since, assured his enduring fame.
Audubon was born April 26, 1785, in Les Cayes, Saint-Domingue, then a French colony, now Haiti. Audubon's father was Jean Audubon, a French sea captain who owned a sugar plantation in the colony. The identity of Audubon's mother is still controversial, though it m
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John James Audubon
French-American ornithologist (1785–1851)
John James Audubon | |
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Portrait of Audubon by John Syme, 1826 | |
| Born | Jean-Jacques Rabin (1785-04-26)April 26, 1785 Les Cayes, Saint-Domingue (now Haiti) |
| Died | January 27, 1851(1851-01-27) (aged 65) New York City, U.S. |
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| Occupation(s) | Artist, naturalist, ornithologist |
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John James Audubon (born Jean-Jacques Rabin, April 26, 1785 – January 27, 1851) was a French-American self-trained artist, naturalist, and ornithologist. His combined interests in art and ornithology turned into a plan to make a complete pictorial record of all the bird species of North America.[1] He was notable for his extensive studies documenting all types of American birds and for his detailed illustrations, which depicted the birds in their natural habitats. His major work, a color-plate book titled The Birds of America (1827–1839), is considered one of the finest ornithological works ever completed. Audubon is also known for identifying 25 new species. He is the eponym o
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