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Also known as Latham

English physician, naturalist and author (1740-1837)

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Vinony files it under 1740 births, 1837 deaths and 18th-century British zoologists.

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Key facts

Born
( 1740-06-27 ) 27 June 1740, Eltham , Kent, England
Died
4 February 1837 (1837-02-04) (aged 96), Winchester , Hampshire , England
Known for
A General Synopsis of Birds
Fields
Ornithology
Author abbrev zoology
Latham

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date of birth
1740-06-27
date of death
1837-02-04
author citation (zoology)
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John Latham
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John Latham (ornithologist)
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John Latham (ornithologist)
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Encyclopedic overview

John Latham FRS (27 June 1740 – 4 February 1837) was an English medical doctor, naturalist and author. His main works were A General Synopsis of Birds (1781–1801) and A General History of Birds (1821–1828). He was able to examine specimens of Australian birds that reached England in the final twenty years of the 18th century, and was responsible for providing English names for many of them. He named some of Australia's most famous birds, including the emu, sulphur-crested cockatoo, wedge-tailed eagle, superb lyrebird, Australian magpie, magpie-lark, white-throated needletail and pheasant coucal. Latham has been called the "grandfather" of Australian ornithology. He was also the first to describe the hyacinth macaw from South America.

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