John James Audubon, French-American ornithologist and painter (born 1789)

John James Audubon

French-American ornithologist (1785–1851)

John James Audubon was a French-American self-trained artist, naturalist, and ornithologist. His combined interests in art and ornithology turned into a plan to make a complete pictorial record of all the bird species of North America. He was notable for his extensive studies…