John Woodhouse Audubon

Naturalist and artist

John James Audubon was a French-American ornithologist, naturalist, and artist who was born on April 26, 1787, in Les Cayes, Haiti, to French and African descent. He was a prolific artist and collector of birds, and his work on the birds of North America is considered one of the greatest scientific works of the 19th century. Audubon's most famous publication, 'The Birds of America', was published in 1827-1838. He was...