John Gould
English ornithologist (1804-1881) · Artists · Died at 76
John Gould was an English ornithologist who published monographs on birds, illustrated by plates produced by his wife, Elizabeth Gould, and several other artists, including Edward Lear, Henry Constantine Richter, Joseph Wolf and William Matthew Hart.
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Calliope Tschebaiswi Prjer (Thrush Family) by John Gould
A studio photograph (c. 1860)![The Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle : under the command of Captain Fitzroy, R.N., during the years 1832 to 1836, edited and superintended by Charles Darwin. [Album view] Pl. no. 7, Pyrocephalus nanus held by the State Library of New South Wales digital reference number a1417005h](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/John_Gould_Zoology_of_the_Voyage_of_the_Beagle_Pyrocephalus_nanus.jpg/500px-John_Gould_Zoology_of_the_Voyage_of_the_Beagle_Pyrocephalus_nanus.jpg)
The Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle : under the command of Captain Fitzroy, R.N., during the years 1832 to 1836, edited and superintended by Charles Darwin. [Album view] Pl. no. 7, Pyrocephalus nanus held by the State Library of New South Wales digital reference number a1417005h
Platypus from The Mammals of Australia (1845-63)
Letter from John Gould to R. Denny regarding Australian plants
Phaethornis Pretrei, the Planalto Hermit, Brooklyn MuseumAwards
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Because of his 1840s seven-volume series The Birds of Australia and its updates he has been considered the father of bird study in Australia, and the Gould League in Australia is named after him. His identification of the birds now nicknamed "Darwin's finches" played a role in the inception of Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection. Gould's work is referenced in Charles Darwin's book, On the Origin of Species.
