Francis Willughby
English ornithologist and ichthyologist · Scientists · Lived 1635 to 1672 · aged 36
Francis Willughby FRS was an English ornithologist, ichthyologist and mathematician, and an early student of linguistics and games.
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Lady Cassandra Ridgeway, Willughby's mother
In South Wales, Willughby and Ray saw a rare black-winged stilt shown here in the Ornithologiae Libri Tres as "Himantopus".
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A room in the Palazzo Publico, Bologna, visited by Willughby's group to see the collections of Ferdinando Cospi and Ulisse Aldrovandi.
Willoughby memorial in Middleton church
Title page of Ornithologiae Libri TresAbout this person
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Scientists
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Scientist
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Deceased
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Lived 1635 to 1672 · aged 36
