Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

DONOVAN, EDWARD (1768–1837)

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 419 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
» Make a correction to this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

See also:

DONOVAN, See also:EDWARD (1768–1837) , See also:English naturalist, was the author of many popular See also:works on natural See also:history and See also:botany. In 1792 appeared the first See also:volume of his Natural History of See also:British See also:Insects, which extended to sixteen volumes, and was completed in 1813. He also published Natural Histories of British Birds, in Io vols. 8vo (1799–1819), of British Fishes, in 5 vols. (1802–1808), of British Shells, in 5 vols. (1800–1804), a See also:series of illustrated works on The Insects of See also:India, See also:China, New See also:Holland, & re., in 3 vols. 4t0 (1998–1805), and Excursions in See also:South See also:Wales and See also:Monmouthshire (18o5). To these works must be added his periodical entitled The Naturalist's Repository, a monthly publication, of which three volumes were completed (1823–1825), and an See also:Essay on the See also:Minute Parts of See also:Plants in See also:general. Donovan was author of the articles on natural history in See also:Rees's Cyclopaedia. In 1833 he published a Memorial respecting my Publications in Natural History, in which he complains that he had been nearly ruined by his publishers. He was a See also:fellow of the Linnean Society, and died in See also:London on the 1st of See also:February 1837.

End of Article: DONOVAN, EDWARD (1768–1837)

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.
Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.

Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.

[back]
DONOSO CORTES, JUAN 		[next]
DOOM (Old Eng. dOm, a word common to Tent. language...

Site © 2006 - Net Industries