Thomas Pennant ✓ Source-based rising Welsh naturalist (1726-1798)
Fame 53.2
Momentum 5.5
Languages 25
Peak 1800s
In century #1,382
Thomas Pennant was a Welsh naturalist, traveller, writer and antiquarian. He was born and lived his whole life at his family estate, Downing Hall, near Whitford, Flintshire, in Wales.
Downing Hall, Pennant's lifelong home A young Thomas Pennant, c. 1740 "The Heron" engraved by Peter Mazell from painting by Peter Paillou, in Pennant's British Zoology Elephant and bison, from the History of Quadrupeds (1793) Cottage on Islay, by John Cleveley the Younger, in Pennant's A Tour in Scotland, and Voyage to the Hebrides 1772 A Tour in Wales, 1770, first published in 1778 Frontispiece to Arctic Zoology. Painting by Peter Paillou, engraved by Peter Mazell
Awards 1 Fellow of the Royal Society
Scientists from United Kingdom 6
About this person Country
United Kingdom
Dates
Lived 1726 to 1798 · aged 72
Written about in
25 languages
Score breakdown Momentum 5
Historical 21
Attention shift 26
Source confidence 60
Completeness 70
Through time 18th century
1800 1900 2010
#1,382
of 16,532 in the 18th century
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