Person

Shaw, George (1751 - 1813)

FRS

Born: 10 December 1751
Bierton, Buckinghamshire, England
Died: 22 July 1813
Occupation: Naturalist

Summary

George Shaw was a lecturer in botany at Oxford University and a medical practitioner who published one of the first English descriptions with scientific names of several of the common and best known Australian animals.

Published resources

Book Sections

Calaby, J. H., 'Shaw, George (1751-1813), naturalist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 2: 1788 - 1850 I-Z, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1967), p. 437. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A020395b.htm. Details

Resources

Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q311097. Details
VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/101000817. Details
'Shaw, George (1751-1813)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1247500. Details

McCarthy, G.J.

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