George Montagu
1753–1815
Naturalist. Known as the father of British ornithology for his Ornithological dictionary and other works. His collections of birds and other animals were purchased by the British Museum after his death.
Source
ODNB.
Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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