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May 1, 2024 · Kristina Smith | Wednesday, May 1, 2024. In 1810, a harried and tired Alexander Wilson walked into a general store in Louisville, Kentucky, which at the time was still part of the frontier. Wilson, an accomplished ornithologist, scientist, and writer, was traveling the country to sell subscriptions to his books about birds of America, which ...
May 8, 2024 · Alexander Wilson, the Scottish-born ornithologist whose writing and scientific rigor surpassed Audubon’s, but whose paintings were drab by comparison, comes alive as a firebrand and rebel in...
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2 days ago · Enid Mary Blyton (11 August 1897 – 28 November 1968) was an English children's writer, whose books have been worldwide bestsellers since the 1930s, selling more than 600 million copies. Her books are still enormously popular and have been translated into ninety languages.
3 days ago · Joseph Conrad (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, Polish: [ˈjuzɛf tɛˈɔdɔr ˈkɔnrat kɔʐɛˈɲɔfskʲi] ⓘ; 3 December 1857 – 3 August 1924) was a Polish-British novelist and story writer.
1 day ago · to the Council of State. In office. March 1649 – May 1660. Signature. John Milton (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) was an English poet, polemicist, and civil servant. His 1667 epic poem Paradise Lost, written in blank verse and including twelve books, was written in a time of immense religious flux and political upheaval.
Apr 30, 2024 · To many, Audubon’s work far surpasses that of his contemporary (and more scientific) fellow ornithologist Alexander Wilson. Legacy Audubon’s drawings inspired the founding of the Massachusetts Audubon Society in 1896, and additional state-level societies emerged in the years that followed.
