1829-1912  Related Paintings of william r clark :. | charles sturt den australiska utorskningens fader upptackte darlingfloden 1828 och foljde den nedstroms till dess sammanflode med murtay floden. | charles doughty tillbringade endast tva ar i arabien pa 1870 taket | matteo ricci var en av de forsta av de manga jesuiter som utforskade kina och indien ritade efter sin aterkomst till enfland 1562. | ett av livingstones storsta ognblick i afrka var da han i november 1855 upptackte victoria fallen i zambeiftoden | robert ohara burke och william wills gjorde den forsta farden fran soder till notr tvars over austealien 1860 and 61.bada dog emellertid av svalt vid |
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John Gould
1804 - 1881. (Born Sept. 14, 1804, Lyme Regis, Dorsetshire, England. Died Feb. 3, 1881, London) was an English ornithologist. The Gould League in Australia was named after him. His identification of the birds now nicknamed "Darwin's finches" was pivotal in the inception of Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection, though they are barely mentioned in Charles Darwin's book, On the Origin of Species.Gould was born in Lyme Regis, Dorset, the son of a gardener, and the boy probably had a scanty education. Shortly afterwards his father obtained a position on an estate near Guildford, Surrey, and then in 1818 became foreman in the Royal Gardens of Windsor. The young Gould started training as a gardener, being employed under his father at Windsor from 1818 to 1824, and he was subsequently a gardener at Ripley Castle in Yorkshire. He became an expert in the art of taxidermy and in 1824 he set himself up in business in London as a taxidermist,
Francesco Fracanzano
Italian , b. Monopoli 1612-d.1656 Naples Naples.Brother of Cesare Francanzano. He moved to Naples in 1622 with Cesare and like him entered Ribera's workshop. In 1632 he married Salvator Rosa's sister Giovanna. His early style remains obscure. Bologna (1958) attributed a group of paintings to him that show half-length figures against a predominantly dark background, painted in deep colours with loaded brushstrokes. These pictures, among them two versions of the Prodigal Son.
John Frederichk Lewis RA
1805-1876