Alexander Wilson was a Scottish-American poet, ornithologist, naturalist, and illustrator. Identified by George Ord as the "Father of American Ornithology", Wilson is regarded as the greatest American
Alexander Wilson
Wilson statue at Paisley Abbey
The gravesite of Alexander Wilson (1766–1813) at the Gloria Dei (Old Swedes) cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (17 December 2022).
Wilson's plover (Charadrius wilsonia)
John James Audubon
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John James Audubon was a French-American artist, entrepreneur, naturalist, explorer, and ornithologist. His combined interests in painting and ornithology turned into a plan to make a complete pictori
Alexander Wilson (ornithologist)
…and illustrator. Identified by George Ord as the "Father of American Ornithology", Wilson is regarded as the greatest American ornithologist before Audubon. Wilson was born in a Presbyterian family in Paisley, Scotland on July 6, 1766. Alexander senior ("Saunders") had given up smuggling and taken up weaving…
Portrait by John Syme, 1826
La Gerbetière, mansion owned by Audubon's father in Couëron, where young Audubon was raised
Plate 41 of The Birds of America by Audubon, depicting ruffed grouse
John James Audubon, Long Haired Squirrel, c. 1841.