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.

Statements (46)

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 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 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 NERFINISHED →
placeOfDeath	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania →
positionHeld	curator of birds at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia →
residence	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania →
sexOrGender	male →
studied	North American birds → taxonomy of birds →
workLocation	Philadelphia →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Banded Quail → Callipepla californica → Philortyx → Philortyx fasciatus → pinyon jay →	describedBy
Philortyx →	taxonAuthor