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William Swainson

English naturalist and artist

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  • William Swainson. Stipple engraving by E. Finden, 1840, after A. Mosses.

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    A preliminary discourse on the study of natural history / By William Swainson, esq.

    Swainson, William, 1789-1855. | Date: 1834
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    On the history and natural arrangement of insects / By William Swainson and W.E. Shuckard.

    Swainson, William, 1789-1855. | Date: 1840
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    Fauna Boreali-Americana; or the zoology of the northern parts of British America: containing descriptions of the objects of natural history collected on the late northern land expeditions under command of Captain Sir John Franklin, R.N / by John Richardson, surgeon and naturalist to the expeditions ; assisted by William Swainson and the Reverend William Kirby.

    Richardson, John, Sir, 1787-1865. | Date: 1829-1837
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    The natural history of the birds of Western Africa / By William Swainson ... ; the memoir by Andrew Crichton.

    Swainson, William, 1789-1855. | Date: 1837
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    On the habits and instincts of animals / By William Swainson.

    Swainson, William, 1789-1855. | Date: 1840
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