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Great Britain Birds - John Gould
 John Gould (14 September 1804 – 3 February 1881) was an English ornithologist and bird artist. The Gould League in Australia was named after him. His identification of the birds now nicknamed "Darwin's finches" played a role in the inception of Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection. Gould's work is referenced 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. He was for some time under the care of J T Aiton, of 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, and his skill led to him becoming the first Curator and Preserver at the museum of the Zoological Society of London in 1827.
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A bird picture of the Alpine Accentor (Accentor alpinus) from The Birds of Great Britain by John Gould and reproduced by Segas Picture Gallery. Open... |
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A bird picture of the Alpine Swift (Cypselus melba) from The Birds of Great Britain by John Gould and reproduced by Segas Picture Gallery. Open... |
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A bird picture of the Andalusian Turnix (Turnix africanus) from The Birds of Great Britain by John Gould and reproduced by Segas Picture Gallery.... |
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A bird picture of the Arctic Tern (Sterna macrura) from The Birds of Great Britain by John Gould and reproduced by Segas Picture Gallery. Open... |
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A bird picture of the Avocet (Recurvirostra avocetta) from The Birds of Great Britain by John Gould and reproduced by Segas Picture Gallery. Open... |
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A bird picture of the Black Guillemot (Uria grylle) from The Birds of Great Britain by John Gould and reproduced by Segas Picture Gallery. Open... |
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A bird picture of the Black Redstart (Ruticilla tithys) from The Birds of Great Britain by John Gould and reproduced by Segas Picture Gallery. Open... |
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A bird picture of the Black Tern (Hydrochelidon nigra) from The Birds of Great Britain by John Gould and reproduced by Segas Picture Gallery. Open... |
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A bird picture of the Black-Bellied Water-Ouzel (Cinclus melanogaster) from The Birds of Great Britain by John Gould and reproduced by Segas Picture... |
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A bird picture of the Black-Throated Thrush (Turdus atrogularis) from The Birds of Great Britain by John Gould and reproduced by Segas Picture... |
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