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John Abbot "Notes on My Life," Undated
Undated manuscript by Bulloch County, Georgia, entomologist John Abbot (1751-1840) describing his early life in England, how his interest in collecting and drawing insects developed, his emigration from England to Virginia, and his settlement in Georgia. He writes of his memories catching an pinning a Libella (Libellula, or small red damselfly), meeting entomologist and Linnean Society president Dru Drury (1724-1803) in London, and developing his collection, including the acquisition of a Purple Emperor (Apatura iris). Other topics include his voyage to America and life and travels in Virginia and North Carolina. While Abbot was boarding with William Goodall in Virginia, a fever spread through the area, killing one of Goodall's slaves and many neighbors, Abbot writes. At the conclusion of the manuscript, Abbot indicated he intended to continue the account "with many curious Anecdotes of the Times."
John Abbot and William Swainson
An archive of never-before-published illustrations of insects and plants painted by a pioneering naturalist During his lifetime (1751–ca. 1840), English-born naturalist and artist John Abbot rendered more than 4,000 natural history illustrations and profoundly influenced North American entomology, as he documented many species in the New World long before they were scientifically described. For sixty-five years, Abbot worked in Georgia to advance knowledge of the flora and fauna of the American South by sending superbly mounted specimens and exquisitely detailed illustrations of insects, birds, butterflies, and moths, on commission, to collectors and scientists all over the world. Between ...
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