Prideaux John Selby (July 23, 1788–March 27, 1867) was an English ornithologist, botanist and artist and landowner. Events 1632 - Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe France. Year 1788 ( MDCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap Events 196 BC - Ptolemy V ascends to the throne of Egypt. 1309 - Pope Clement V excommunicates Year 1867 ( MDCCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Ornithology (from Greek ὄρνις ὄρνιθος ornis, ornithos, "bird" and λόγος logos, "knowledge" is the branch of Botany, plant science(s, phytology, or plant biology is a branch of Biology and is the scientific study of plant Life The definition of an artist is wide-ranging and covers a broad spectrum of Activities to do with creating Art, practicing the Arts and/or demonstrating
Selby is best known for his Illustrations of British Ornithology (1821–1834), the first set of life-sized illustrations of British birds. Year 1821 ( MDCCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Year 1834 ( MDCCCXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Birds ( class Aves) are bipedal endothermic ( Warm-blooded) Vertebrate animals that lay eggs. He also wrote Illustrations of Ornithology with William Jardine and A History of British Forest-trees (1842). Sir William Jardine 7th Baronet ( February 23, 1800 - November 21, 1874, Edinburgh) was a Scottish naturalist Year 1842 ( MDCCCXLII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common
Many of the illustrations in his works were drawn from specimens in his collection. In addition to the above works he contributed to Jardine's Naturalist's Library the volumes on the Pigeons (1835) and the Parrots (1836), the latter illustrated by Edward Lear. Parrots are birds of the roughly 350 Species in 85 genera comprising the order Psittaciformes, found in most warm and tropical regions Edward Lear ( 12 May 1812 – 29 January 1888) was an English Artist, Illustrator and Writer known He was for some time one of the editors of the Magazine of Zoology and Botany. His collections were sold in 1885 and became dispersed. The South African birds collected by Andrew Smith went to the Zoology Museum of the University of Cambridge. Dr Sir Andrew Smith KCB ( December 3, 1797 &ndash August 12, 1872) was a Scottish surgeon, naturalist explorer The University of Cambridge (often Cambridge University) located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the
Selby was born at Alnwick in Northumberland, a son of the Beal and Twizell House, Northumberland branch of the Selby family and studied at University College, Oxford. Alnwick ( IPA /ˈænɪk/ is a small Market town in north Northumberland, England. Northumberland is a county in the North East of England. The non-metropolitan county of Northumberland borders Cumbria to the west Northumberland is a county in the North East of England. The non-metropolitan county of Northumberland borders Cumbria to the west The Selby family was a prolific and widespread English family that originated in Selby, Yorkshire, but largely settled in Northumberland. University College (in full the The Master and Fellows of the College of the Great Hall of the University of Oxford, colloquially referred to as Univ) is one of He succeeded in 1804 to the family estates at Beal and added to the landholdings there at a cost of some £14000 in about 1840. He sold the Beal estate amounting to 1450 acres in 1850 for £47000.
He married Lewis Tabitha Mitford and they had three daughters He died at Twizell House and was buried in Bamburgh churchyard. Bamburgh is a large village on the coast of Northumberland, England.
The standard botanical author abbreviation "P. Selby" is applied to species he described. In Biology, a species is one of the basic units of Biological classification and a Taxonomic rank.
References
- Mullens and Swann - A Bibliography of British Ornithology
- The History and Antiquities of North Durham Rev James Raine MA (1852) p338
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Christine E Jackson 2004
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