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Washington (United States) (search for this): entry townsend-john-kirk
Townsend, John Kirk 1809-1851 Naturalist; born in Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 10, 1809; was associated with John J. Audubon in the preparation of American ornithology; travelled through the West in 1833-37; visited the Sandwich Islands and South America; and later had charge of the department of birds in the Smithsonian Institution. While in Washington he studied dentistry; was a member of the Philadelphia Academy of Sciences and a contributor to its Proceedings; and was author of A narrative of a journey across the Rocky Mountains to the Columbia River; and Ornithology of the United States. He died in Washington, D. C., Feb. 16, 1851.
United States (United States) (search for this): entry townsend-john-kirk
Townsend, John Kirk 1809-1851 Naturalist; born in Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 10, 1809; was associated with John J. Audubon in the preparation of American ornithology; travelled through the West in 1833-37; visited the Sandwich Islands and South America; and later had charge of the department of birds in the Smithsonian Institution. While in Washington he studied dentistry; was a member of the Philadelphia Academy of Sciences and a contributor to its Proceedings; and was author of A narrative of a journey across the Rocky Mountains to the Columbia River; and Ornithology of the United States. He died in Washington, D. C., Feb. 16, 1851.
Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): entry townsend-john-kirk
Townsend, John Kirk 1809-1851 Naturalist; born in Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 10, 1809; was associated with John J. Audubon in the preparation of American ornithology; travelled through the West in 1833-37; visited the Sandwich Islands and South America; and later had charge of the department of birds in the Smithsonian Institution. While in Washington he studied dentistry; was a member of the Philadelphia Academy of Sciences and a contributor to its Proceedings; and was author of A narrative of a journey across the Rocky Mountains to the Columbia River; and Ornithology of the United States. He died in Washington, D. C., Feb. 16, 1851.
Columbia River (United States) (search for this): entry townsend-john-kirk
Townsend, John Kirk 1809-1851 Naturalist; born in Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 10, 1809; was associated with John J. Audubon in the preparation of American ornithology; travelled through the West in 1833-37; visited the Sandwich Islands and South America; and later had charge of the department of birds in the Smithsonian Institution. While in Washington he studied dentistry; was a member of the Philadelphia Academy of Sciences and a contributor to its Proceedings; and was author of A narrative of a journey across the Rocky Mountains to the Columbia River; and Ornithology of the United States. He died in Washington, D. C., Feb. 16, 1851.
South America (search for this): entry townsend-john-kirk
Townsend, John Kirk 1809-1851 Naturalist; born in Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 10, 1809; was associated with John J. Audubon in the preparation of American ornithology; travelled through the West in 1833-37; visited the Sandwich Islands and South America; and later had charge of the department of birds in the Smithsonian Institution. While in Washington he studied dentistry; was a member of the Philadelphia Academy of Sciences and a contributor to its Proceedings; and was author of A narrative of a journey across the Rocky Mountains to the Columbia River; and Ornithology of the United States. He died in Washington, D. C., Feb. 16, 1851.
John James Audubon (search for this): entry townsend-john-kirk
Townsend, John Kirk 1809-1851 Naturalist; born in Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 10, 1809; was associated with John J. Audubon in the preparation of American ornithology; travelled through the West in 1833-37; visited the Sandwich Islands and South America; and later had charge of the department of birds in the Smithsonian Institution. While in Washington he studied dentistry; was a member of the Philadelphia Academy of Sciences and a contributor to its Proceedings; and was author of A narrative of a journey across the Rocky Mountains to the Columbia River; and Ornithology of the United States. He died in Washington, D. C., Feb. 16, 1851.
John Kirk Townsend (search for this): entry townsend-john-kirk
Townsend, John Kirk 1809-1851 Naturalist; born in Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 10, 1809; was associated with John J. Audubon in the preparation of American ornithology; travelled through the West in 1833-37; visited the Sandwich Islands and South America; and later had charge of the department of birds in the Smithsonian Institution. While in Washington he studied dentistry; was a member of the Philadelphia Academy of Sciences and a contributor to its Proceedings; and was author of A narrative of a journey across the Rocky Mountains to the Columbia River; and Ornithology of the United States. He died in Washington, D. C., Feb. 16, 1851.
August 10th, 1809 AD (search for this): entry townsend-john-kirk
Townsend, John Kirk 1809-1851 Naturalist; born in Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 10, 1809; was associated with John J. Audubon in the preparation of American ornithology; travelled through the West in 1833-37; visited the Sandwich Islands and South America; and later had charge of the department of birds in the Smithsonian Institution. While in Washington he studied dentistry; was a member of the Philadelphia Academy of Sciences and a contributor to its Proceedings; and was author of A narrative of a journey across the Rocky Mountains to the Columbia River; and Ornithology of the United States. He died in Washington, D. C., Feb. 16, 1851.
1833 AD (search for this): entry townsend-john-kirk
Townsend, John Kirk 1809-1851 Naturalist; born in Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 10, 1809; was associated with John J. Audubon in the preparation of American ornithology; travelled through the West in 1833-37; visited the Sandwich Islands and South America; and later had charge of the department of birds in the Smithsonian Institution. While in Washington he studied dentistry; was a member of the Philadelphia Academy of Sciences and a contributor to its Proceedings; and was author of A narrative of a journey across the Rocky Mountains to the Columbia River; and Ornithology of the United States. He died in Washington, D. C., Feb. 16, 1851.
February 16th, 1851 AD (search for this): entry townsend-john-kirk
Townsend, John Kirk 1809-1851 Naturalist; born in Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 10, 1809; was associated with John J. Audubon in the preparation of American ornithology; travelled through the West in 1833-37; visited the Sandwich Islands and South America; and later had charge of the department of birds in the Smithsonian Institution. While in Washington he studied dentistry; was a member of the Philadelphia Academy of Sciences and a contributor to its Proceedings; and was author of A narrative of a journey across the Rocky Mountains to the Columbia River; and Ornithology of the United States. He died in Washington, D. C., Feb. 16, 1851.
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