Nicholas Aylward Vigors

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Irish person human ornithologist politician zoologist

Nicholas Aylward Vigors was a 19th-century Irish zoologist and politician known for his influential work in ornithology and the classification of birds.

Aliases (1)

John Gould ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Irish person → human → ornithologist → politician → zoologist →
birthDate	1785-02-06 →
birthPlace	County Carlow → Ireland → Old Leighlin →
centuryOfActivity	19th century →
coFounderOf	Zoological Society of London →
countryOfCitizenship	Ireland →
deathDate	1840-10-26 →
deathPlace	England → London →
educatedAt	St Mary Hall, Oxford → Trinity College Dublin →
ethnicGroup	Irish →
familyName	Vigors →
fieldOfWork	ornithology → zoology →
givenName	Nicholas →
hasGender	male →
influenced	development of avian classification in the 19th century →
knownFor	classification of birds → ornithological taxonomy →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOf	Linnean Society of London → Royal Society →
militaryConflict	Peninsular War →
name	Nicholas Aylward Vigors →
notableWork	Descriptions of new bird species → Ornithological papers in the Zoological Journal →
occupation	naturalist → ornithologist → politician → zoologist →
politicalAlignment	Irish Whig →
positionHeld	MP for Carlow Borough → MP for County Carlow → Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom → Secretary of the Zoological Society of London → Vice-President of the Zoological Society of London →
residence	London →
servedIn	British Army →
specialization	systematic ornithology →
studied	birds →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Mimidae → Thraupidae →	describedBy
Camarhynchus ("John Gould") →	firstDescribedBy
Nicholas Aylward Vigors →	name