John Gould

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John Gould , born the September 14th 1804 with Lyme Governed in the Dorset, died the February 3rd 1881, was a ornithologist and British Naturaliste .

His/her father, gardener, occupy a station close to Guildford in the Surrey before obtaining, in 1818, a place in the royal gardens of Windsor. The Gould young person receives a first training of gardener and becomes an expert in the art of the Taxidermie. In 1824, it opens a trade of taxidermisation with London; its competences enable him to off obtain an important station with the natural history museum of the Zoological Society London in 1827.

This function makes it possible Gould to come into contact with most important Naturaliste S of the country but also to discover the first the collections of Oiseau X sent to the Company. In 1830, a batch of birds arrives of the the Himalayas, the majority new for science. Gould describes its birds in has off Century Birds from the Himalayas (1830-1832). The text is of Nicholas Aylward Vigors (1785-1840) and the illustrations are lithographed by the woman of Gould, Elizabeth. This first work will be followed by four others during seven years; the text is written by Gould itself, published by its assistant Edwin Prince. Certain illustrations are provided by Edward Lear.

In 1838, Gould travel until in Australia there to study the birds and to complete the first scientific work on their subject. The collector, John Gilbert, accompanies them. They arrive in Tasmanie in September, becoming acquainted with the governor Sir John Franklin and of his wife. Gould and Gilbert capture birds on the island. In February 1839, Gould leaves to Sydney, leaving his wife, enclosure, with the Franklin ones. It returns visit to his brother-in-law installed to Yarrundi, devoting its time to the research of the Jardinier S, of the Passereau X of the family of the Ptilonorhynchidae in the assembly line, Liverpool Range. In April, it turns over in Tasmanie to attend the birth of his son. In May, it goes to Adélaïde to meet Charles Sturt, which prepares a forwarding to go up the Murray river. Gould prospects in the mounts Lofty and Murray Scrubs, turning over to Hobart in July. He travels then with his wife in Yarrundi, then goes back to the United Kingdom in May 1840.

Gould off publishes the report of its observations in The Birds Australia in seven volumes (1840-1848), in which it presents 600 birds including 328 new for science. It publishes also has Monograph off the Macropodidae, gold Family off Kangaroos (1841-1842) and the Mammals off Australia (1849-1861).

After the death of his wife in 1841, the books of Gould are illustrated by other artists, of which Henry Constantine Richter and Joseph Wolf.

During all its life, Gould is interested especially in the hummingbirds. It assembles a collection of 320 Espèce S, which are presented to the public with the great exposure of 1851. In spite of this passion, Gould had never yet seen only one alive hummingbird. In May 1857, it travels to the the United States with its second wire, Charles. It arrives at New York too late, for the season, to see hummingbirds in the city, but the May 21st, in the Bartram garden of Philadelphia, it sees finally a Colibri with throat ruby ( Archilochus colubris ). It goes then to Washington D.C where it discovers of them several in the garden of Capitol. Gould tries to bring back of them specimens alive to the United Kingdom, but the conditions of the voyage only enable him to maintain them in life to the maximum two months. Gould publishes off its Monograph Trochilidae in 1861.

Described remarkable species

The species described by John Gould are very numerous, also the following list presents only those most known:

Dedicated species

Several species are dedicated to John Gould:
  • Nicholas Aylward Vigors (1785-1840) in 1831 dedicates the Souimanga to him de Gould - Aethopyga gouldiae .
  • Rene Primevère Lesson (1794-1849) in 1832 dedicates the to him Coquette of Gould - Lophornis gouldii .
  • Johann Natterer (1787-1843) in 1837 dedicates the Toucanet to him de Gould - Selenidera gouldii .
  • Philip Lutley Sclater (1829-1913) in 1857 dedicates the Organiste olive to him - Euphonia gouldi .

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