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Vigors, N. A. (Nicholas Aylward), 1785-1840

LC control no.nb2008002731
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Personal name headingVigors, N. A. (Nicholas Aylward), 1785-1840
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Variant(s)Vigors, Nicholas Aylward, 1785-1840
Associated countryIreland
Birth date1785
Death date18401026
Place of birthOld Leighlin (County Carlow, Ireland)
Field of activityZoology
Politics
Ornithology
AffiliationZoological Society of London
Royal Entomological Society of London
Profession or occupationZoologists
Politicians
Found inA century of birds from the Himalaya Mountains, 1832: letterpress (usage N. A. Vigors)
Wikipedia, 1 Feb. 2008 (Nicholas Aylward Vigors (1785 - October 26, 1840) was an Irish zoologist and politician)
Wikipedia, June 16, 2014 (Nicholas Aylward Vigors; born in 1785 in Old Leighlin, County Carlow; died October 26, 1840; was an Irish zoologist and politician; co-founder of the Zoological Society of London; founded what became the Royal Entomological Society of London; was the author of 40 papers, mostly on ornithology; described 110 species of birds, enough to rank him among the top 30 bird authors historically)
Associated languageeng