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Francis Willughby (Warwickshire, Middleton Hall, 1635. november 22. – Wollaton Hall, 1672. július 3.) angol ornitológus és ichthiológus. A Cambridge-i Egyetemen John Ray, a neves brit természettudós tanítványa, barátja és egyben munkatársa is volt néhány közös természettudományi felfedező- és gyűjtőút során.
Francis Willoughby, 5.º Barón Willoughby de Parham (bautizado 1614 – 23 de julio de 1666) fue un noble inglés. 1 Willoughby fue un promotor de la causa parlamentarista durante la Revolución inglesa pero posteriormente se convierte en realista. Fue gobernador en dos oportunidades de las colonias inglesas en el Caribe .
5 de mar. de 2013 · The ornithology of Francis Willughby of Middleton in the county of Warwick, esq. ... : in three books : wherein all the birds hitherto known, being reduced into a method sutable [i.e. suitable] to their natures, are accurately described : the descriptions illustrated by most elegant figures, nearly resembling the live birds, engraven in LXXVIII copper plates
Ray also translated Willughby’s first work into English under the title of The Ornithology of Francis Willughby (1678). The illustrations in these books were paid for by Willughby’s widow Emma. However, after Emma re-married, her relations with Ray became strained over the implementation of Willughby’s will.
Francis Willughby's Book of Games, published here for the first time, is a remarkable work and an invaluable resource for anyone with an interest in early modern social history. Dating from the 1660s, it was left unfinished when the writer died in 1672 at the age of 36. Nevertheless, Willughby's manuscript, even in its unpolished form is a goldmine of detail providing a snapshot of mid ...
ABSTRACT. Francis Willughby's Book of Games, published here for the first time, is a remarkable work and an invaluable resource for anyone with an interest in early modern social history. Dating from the 1660s, it was left unfinished when the writer died in 1672 at the age of 36. Nevertheless, Willughby's manuscript, even in its unpolished form ...
27 de jun. de 2018 · WILLUGHBY, FRANCIS (b.Middleton, Warwickshire, England, 22 November 1635; d. Middleton, 3 July 1672) natural history. Willughby was the third child but only son of Sir Francis Willughby and his wife Cassandra, daughter of Thomas Ridgeway, earl of Londonderry. The Willughbys 1 of Wollaton, Nottinghamshire, and Middleton, Warwickshire, were country gentry with estates in many English counties.
