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22 apr 2024 · George Edwards, tra i più autorevoli studiosi della presidenza americana, non è ancora riuscito a trovare nella storia degli Stati Uniti un metro di paragone capace di inquadrare iperboli, «fatti alternativi» e assolute falsità sciorinati ininterrottamente negli anni da Donald Trump.
George Edwards (Stratford, 3 aprile 1694 – Plaistow, 23 luglio 1773) è stato un ornitologo britannico. Bibliotecario del collegio medico di Londra , pubblicò nel 1754 una Storia degli uccelli con rappresentazioni di uccelli tratte dai suoi numerosi viaggi in Europa .
18 nov 2020 · If the legendary nanogenarian cellist Pablo Casals was right, as I trust he was, that working with love prolongs your life, and if Walt Whitman was right, as I know he was, that an intimacy with the natural world is the key to robust mental and physical health, then the English naturalist and pioneering ornithologist George Edwards (April 3, 1694–July 23, 1773) owed his longevity, which ...
George Edwards FRS (3 April 1694 – 23 July 1773) was an English naturalist and ornithologist, known as the "father of British ornithology". [1] Edwards was born at West Ham, then in the county of Essex. In his early years, he travelled extensively through mainland Europe, studying natural history, and gained a reputation for his ...
- Natural history writings and illustrations, A Natural History of Uncommon Birds
- 23 July 1773 (aged 79), Plaistow, Essex, England
- 3 April 1694, West Ham, then Essex, now London, England
Title: Index for: Edwards' Natural History of Birds, And his Gleanings of Natural History. Artist: George Edwards (British, Stratford 1694–1773 Plaistow) Printer: Printed for the author by the Royal College of Physicians (London) Date: 1743–64. Medium: Letterpress, unillustrated. Dimensions: 9 1/4 x 5 3/4 x 3/16 in. (23.5 x 14.6 x 0.5 cm ...
EDWARDS, George in "Enciclopedia Italiana" - Treccani - Treccani. Giuseppe Montalenti. Ornitologo inglese, nato a Stratford (Essex) nel 1693, morto a Plaistow (Essex) nel 1773. Viaggiò in Inghilterra, Francia, Olanda e Belgio, raccogliendo uccelli ed eseguendone pregevoli disegni.
Description. George Edwards was a man of many interests, but, after returning from a series of travels in Europe, he began to devote himself to natural history, particularly the natural history of birds.
