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- Facts and opinions concerning diabetes. By John Latham, M. D. F. R. S. Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, and Physician Extraordinary to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales
- Organization diagnosis, design, and transformation
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- Selection of single-stranded DNA molecules that bind and inhibit human thrombin1992 · 2,452 cit
- New developments in RiPP discovery, enzymology and engineering2020 · 784 cit
- Cross-regulation of histone modifications2007 · 395 cit
- Defining the Inside and Outside of a Catalytic RNA Molecule1989 · 367 cit
- A unified phylogeny-based nomenclature for histone variants2012 · 343 cit
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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
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- 1740-06-27
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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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