William Swainson

William Swainson FLS, FRS (8 October 1789 – 6 December 1855[1]), was an English ornithologist, malacologist, conchologist, entomologist, and artist. A prolific collector of natural history specimens he produced an influential illustrated classification of birds based on the quinarian system that was then in fashion. He settled in New Zealand in later life.

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English naturalist and artist (1789–1855)

Born	8 October 1789
Died	6 December 1855

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Fauna Boreali-Americana Or, the Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America

by Sir John Richardson, William Swainson, and William Kirby First published in 2012 — 6 editions

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Birds of Western Africa

by William Swainson First published in 2018 — 5 editions

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Treatise on the Geography and Classification of Animals

by William Swainson First published in 2018 — 4 editions

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Fauna Boreali-Americana, or, the Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America: Containing Descriptions of the Objects of Natural History Collected on the Late Northern Land Expeditions under Command of Captain Sir John Franklin, R. N. ; Pt. 1

by Sir John Richardson, William Swainson, and William Kirby First published in 2021 — 4 editions

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Flycatchers.

by William Swainson First published in 1800 — 3 editions
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A treatise on the geography and classification of animals.

by William Swainson
First published in 1835 — 3 editions
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Ornithology.

by William Swainson First published in 1837 — 3 editions

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Birds of Western Africa ...

by William Swainson First published in 1800 — 3 editions
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Exotic conchology.

by William Swainson First published in 1941 — 2 editions

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natural arrangement and relations of the family of flycatchers, or Muscicapidæ

by William Swainson First published in 1838 — 2 editions

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On the history and natural arrangement of insects.

by William Swainson
First published in 1840 — 2 editions
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On the natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, and reptiles

by William Swainson First published in 1838 — 2 editions
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On the natural history and classification of quadrupeds.

by William Swainson First published in 1835 — 2 editions

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Exotic Conchology: Or Figures and Descriptions of Rare, Beautiful, or Undescribed Shells ...

by William Swainson and Sylvanus Charles Thorp Hanely First published in 2021 — 2 editions

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Zoological Illustrations, or, Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals, Selected Chiefly from the Classes of Ornithology, Entomology, and Conchology, and Arranged According to Their Apparent Affinities; V. 1

by William Swainson, George Bayfield, and William Healey Dall First published in 2021 — 2 editions

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On the Natural History and Classification of Birds; V. 1 (1836)

by William Swainson First published in 2021 — 2 editions

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Exotic conchology: or figures and descriptions of rare, beautiful, or undescribed shells ...

by William Swainson First published in 1821 — 2 editions

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Treatise on Malacology; or, Shells and Shell Fish

by William Swainson First published in 2018 — 2 editions

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Zoological Illustrations, or, Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals, Selected Chiefly from the Classes of Ornithology, Entomology, and Conchology, and Arranged According to Their Apparent Affinities; V. 3

by William Swainson, George Bayfield, and William Healey Dall First published in 2021 — 2 editions

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Taxidermy: With the Biography of Zoologists

by William Swainson First published in 2014 — 2 editions

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English naturalist and artist (1789–1855)

Born	8 October 1789
Died	6 December 1855

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OLID: OL113768A
ISNI: 0000000108817902
Library of Congress Names: n88600781
Project Gutenberg: 40036
SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): UFIV084186
VIAF: 27127075
Wikidata: Q444164
Inventaire.io: wd:Q444164

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William Swainson FLS, FRS

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William Swainson