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Lewis, George Cornewall, Sir
Persoon · 1806-1863

Sir George Cornewall Lewis was a British statesman and man of letters. He is best known for preserving neutrality in 1862 when the British cabinet debated intervention in the American Civil War
Newton, Alfred
Newton, Alfred
Persoon · 1829-1907

Alfred Newton was an English zoologist and ornithologist. Newton was Professor of Comparative Anatomy at Cambridge University from 1866 to 1907. Among his numerous publications were a four-volume Dictionary of Birds (1893-6), entries on ornithology in the Encyclopædia Britannica (9th edition) while also an editor of the journal Ibis from 1865 to 1870. In 1900 he was awarded the Royal Medal of the Royal Society and the Gold Medal of the Linnaean Society. He founded the British Ornithologists Union
Ainslie, Henry Francis
Persoon · 1803-1879

Henry Francis Ainslie was an amateur topographical artist from Edinburgh