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1) John James Audubon, born in Les Cayes, Saint-Domingue (now Haiti) on April 26, 1785 to January 27, 1851 (aged 65), was a French-American self-trained artist, naturalist, and ornithologist.
2) From his earliest days, the younger Audubon had an affinity for birds. He set about to study American birds, determined to illustrate his findings in a more realistic manner than most artists did.
3) He created his own nature museum, perhaps inspired by the great museum of natural history created by Charles Willson Peale in Philadelphia. His room was brimming with birds' eggs, & stuffed animals.
4) He worked for a brief time as the first paid employee of the Western History Society. His traveled with his assistant, Joseph Mason, who painted the plants in many of Audubon's bird studies.
5) He called his future work 'The Birds of America.' He attempted to paint one page each day. King George IV supported publication of his book & it became very popular during Europe's Romantic era.
6) He followed The 'Birds of America' with a sequel 'Ornithological Biographies.' His influence on ornithology and natural history was far reaching. He discovered 25 new species & 12 new subspecies.
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