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Francis Willughby (sometimes spelt Willoughby, Latin: Franciscus Willughbeius) [a] FRS (22 November 1635 – 3 July 1672) was an English Ornithologist, ichthyologist, mathematician and an early student of linguistics and games . He was born and raised at Middleton Hall, Warwickshire, the only son of an affluent country family.
- Ornithologiae Libri Tres
- Trinity College, Cambridge
- English
Oct 16, 2017 · Francis Willughby (1635-1672), an English ornithologist, is far from well-known. He died at just 36, so his groundbreaking books on birds, fish and insects were all completed and subsequently published by his life-long friend and one-time undergraduate tutor, John Ray. A brilliant academic and prolific writer, Ray rather eclipsed Francis Willughby. When I wrote The …
Aug 17, 2018 · Naturalist Francis Willughby was the first to do things we now take for granted in science, like measuring bird beaks and fish fins. By Simon Worrall August 17, 2018
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May 2, 2018 · The Wonderful Mr Willughby: The First True Ornithologist Tim Birkhead Bloomsbury (2018) Francis Willughby was a wide-ranging virtuoso in a virtuosic age. Remembered for a pioneering study of bird ...
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Francis Willughby, 1660, advice to a friend on looking after a caterpillar. Surprisingly little has been written about the polymath Francis Willughby (1635 to 1672), the author of one of the earliest comprehensive and analytical ornithologies. His work Ornithologia libri tres was published by his more famous friend and colleague John Ray (1627 ...
Other articles where Francis Willughby is discussed: John Ray: Life: …and Cornwall with the naturalist Francis Willughby was a turning point in his life. Willughby and Ray agreed to undertake a study of the complete natural history of living things, with Ray responsible for the plant kingdom and Willughby the animal.
Oct 5, 2018 · In a new biography of Francis Willughby, zoologist and historian of science Tim Birkhead argues that Willughby (1635-1672) was the first true ornithologist. Francisci Willughbei: Ornithologiae Libri Tres was, after all, published in 1676; the English translation, The Ornithology of Francis Willughby, followed in 1678.
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