John Cassin

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American scientist human ornithologist taxonomist

John Cassin was a 19th-century American ornithologist known for describing numerous bird species and contributing significantly to early American bird taxonomy.

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Label	Occurrences
John Cassin canonical	19

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American scientist ⓘ human ⓘ ornithologist ⓘ taxonomist ⓘ
activeInCentury	19th century ⓘ
causeOfDeath	arsenic poisoning ⓘ
contributedTo	early American bird taxonomy ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1813-09-06 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1869-01-10 ⓘ
employer	Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University ⓘ surface form: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
ethnicGroup	American ⓘ
familyName	Cassin ⓘ
fieldOfWork	ornithology ⓘ taxonomy ⓘ
genre	scientific illustration ⓘ
givenName	John ⓘ
hasHonorificEponym	multiple bird species bearing the name Cassin’s ⓘ
hasPartNamedAfter	Cassin’s Auklet ⓘ Cassin’s Finch ⓘ Cassin’s Kingbird ⓘ Cassin’s Sparrow ⓘ Cassin’s Vireo ⓘ
knownFor	Cassin’s Auklet ⓘ Cassin’s Finch ⓘ Cassin’s Kingbird ⓘ Cassin’s Sparrow ⓘ Cassin’s Vireo ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
memberOf	Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University ⓘ surface form: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
notableFor	contributions to early American bird taxonomy ⓘ describing many new bird taxa from Africa ⓘ describing many new bird taxa from western North America ⓘ describing numerous bird species ⓘ
notableWork	Birds of North America (contributions) ⓘ Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America ⓘ
occupation	ornithologist ⓘ taxonomist ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Chester County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Philadelphia ⓘ surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
positionHeld	curator of birds at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia ⓘ
residence	Philadelphia ⓘ surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
studied	North American birds ⓘ taxonomy of birds ⓘ
workLocation	Philadelphia ⓘ

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Philortyx → taxonAuthor → John Cassin ⓘ

Philortyx → describedBy → John Cassin ⓘ

Callipepla californica → describedBy → John Cassin ⓘ

Philortyx fasciatus → describedBy → John Cassin ⓘ

Banded Quail → describedBy → John Cassin ⓘ

pinyon jay → describedBy → John Cassin ⓘ

Gambel's quail → describedBy → John Cassin ⓘ

Haemorhous cassinii → namedAfter → John Cassin ⓘ

Guttera plumifera → describedBy → John Cassin ⓘ

Cassin’s Sparrow → namedAfter → John Cassin ⓘ

Cassin’s Auklet → namedAfter → John Cassin ⓘ

Cassin’s Vireo → namedAfter → John Cassin ⓘ

Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America → author → John Cassin ⓘ

Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America → hasAuthorRole → John Cassin ⓘ

Birds of North America (contributions) → mainContributor → John Cassin ⓘ

Birds of North America (contributions) → associatedPerson → John Cassin ⓘ

Cassin’s Finch → namedAfter → John Cassin ⓘ

Cassin’s Kingbird → namedAfter → John Cassin ⓘ

Sialia currucoides → describedBy → John Cassin ⓘ