Person

Pennant, Thomas (1726 - 1798)

FRS

Born: 14 June 1726
England
Died: 16 December 1798
Occupation: Naturalist

Summary

Thomas Pennant was a British naturalist who published on the history of quadrupeds, zoology of the Arctic, Britain and India, and ornithology. He never visited Australia.

Related People

Banks, Joseph (1743 - 1820)

Archival resources

Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales

Joseph Banks - Records, 1766 - 1820, ML MSS 743; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

Published resources

Journal Articles

Medway, David G., 'The Contribution of Thomas Pennant (1726-1798), Welsh Naturalist, to the Australian Ornithology of Cook's First Voyage (1768-1771)', Archives of Natural History, 38 (2011), 278-86. Details

Resources

Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q545123. Details
VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/7426596. Details
'Pennant, Thomas (1726-1798)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-944776. Details

McCarthy, G.J.

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