John Abbot notes and drawings, 1766-1887.

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John Abbot notes and drawings, 1766-1887.

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Watercolor drawings of birds, butterflies, plants, and correspondence of scientific illustrator and naturalist John Abbot.

6 volumes (1 linear ft.)

eng,

Houghton Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6384058

Houghton Library

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Abbot, John, fl. 1797

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Scudder, Samuel Hubbard, 1837-1911

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Epithet: palaeontologist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000707.0x0001c4 Samuel H. Scudder was an American entomologist and paleontologist. Scudder specialized in the study of Orthoptera, which at that time was defined to include grasshoppers, crickets, cockroaches and other insects. He also did extensive work on the classification of Lepidoptera and Coleoptera (beetles), and was a pion...

Abbot, John, 1751-1840

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John Abbot (1750-1840), naturalist and artist, collected, observed, drew insects, arachnids, and birds; native of England, moved to America in 1773 and Georgia in 1776. From the description of John Abbot notebook, [ca. 1791]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476134 John Abbot (1757-ca. 1840) was born in London in 1751, the son of a lawyer who encouraged his early interest and talent for natural history, and who arranged for him to study drawing, perspective, and engraving un...