{"id":741,"date":"2013-11-15T20:34:18","date_gmt":"2013-11-15T20:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ernstmayrlibrary\/?p=741"},"modified":"2013-11-15T20:36:41","modified_gmt":"2013-11-15T20:36:41","slug":"741","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ernstmayrlibrary\/2013\/11\/15\/741\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexander Wilson: new book"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Alexander Wilson: the Scot who Founded American Ornithology<\/p>\n

by Edward H. Burtt, Jr. and William E. Davis, Jr.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.hup.harvard.edu\/catalog.php?isbn=9780674072558&content=book<\/a><\/p>\n

This definitive new biography of Wilson, from Harvard University Press, features the collection of \u201cOriginal drawings and watercolors made for American Ornithology\u201d in the Special Collections of the Ernst Mayr Library.\u00a0 \u00a0Authors Burtt and Davis worked extensively with Special Collections staff Dana Fisher and Robert Young, both with the original drawings and other Wilson materials such as correspondence and manuscripts.<\/p>\n

Alexander Wilson (1766-1813), who was born in Paisley, Scotland, emigrated to the United States in 1794, settling in Philadelphia, PA.\u00a0 \u00a0Beginning in 1808, Wilson published the nine volume series American Ornithology, describing and illustrating 268 species of birds. The final volume of the series was completed by Wilson\u2019s colleague George Ord in 1814, following Wilson\u2019s untimely death at the age of 47.<\/p>\n

Wilson\u2019s work, especially the realistic depiction and coloring of the birds, was an inspiration to John James Audubon (1785-1851). \u00a0\u00a0In addition to his accomplishments as a naturalist, illustrator, and author, Wilson was also a skilled weaver and poet.\u00a0\u00a0 It is fitting to celebrate Wilson with this new volume, in the bicentennial year of his death.\u00a0 Burtt and Davis portray Wilson\u2019s life and work in detail, with additional sections on his predecessors, colleagues and legacy.<\/p>\n

Posted by Mary Sears<\/p>\n

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