George Ord - Knowledge (XXG)

311:"This new and beautiful little species was discovered in a maple swamp, in Cape May county, not far from the coast, by Mr. George Ord of this city, who accompanied me on a shooting excursion to that quarter in the month of May last. Through the zeal and activity of this gentleman I succeeded in procuring many rare and elegant birds among the sea islands and extensive salt marshes that border that part of the Atlantic ; and much interesting information relative to their nests, eggs, and particular habits. I have also at various times been favored with specimens of other birds from the same friend, for all which I return my grateful acknowledgments." 476: 48: 1225: 334:

in 1824–25. The first 6 volumes were faithful reprints of the originals, confusingly so because they bear the dates of the first editions on their title pages (1808–12). In contrast, volumes 7–9 were revised and expanded by Ord and included a much larger version of his "Life of Wilson" (198 pp.,

440:"The credit of having added this beautiful species to the fauna of the United States is due to Mr. Ord, the well known friend and biographer of Wilson, who several years ago gave a good history and minute description of it in the Journal of the Academy of Philadelphia, under the name 627:

A new geographical, historical, and commercial grammar : and present state of the several kingdoms of the world ... : to which are added, 1. a geographical index, with the names of places alphabetically arranged. 2. A chronological table of remarkable

1114:"Decorative Arts: American ornithology, or, The natural history of birds inhabiting the United States, not given by Wilson : with figures drawn, engraved, and coloured, from nature (Vol. IV): Glossy ibis. Ibis falcinellus. Plate XXIII. Fig. 1" 656:

A reprint of the North American zoology, by George Ord. Being an exact reproduction of the part originally compiled by Mr. Ord for Johnson & Warner, and first published by them in their 2d American ed. of Guthrie's geography, in 1815.

319:(1814) was complete by August 1813, but Wilson's "great anxiety to conclude the work, condemned him to an excess of toil, which, inflexible as was his mind, his bodily frame was unable to bear." Wilson died of complications from 299:, during the spring migration seasons of May 1812 and May 1813. During the 1812 trip, Ord collected a bird that neither he nor Wilson could identify. Wilson illustrated Ord's specimen and named it "Cape May Warbler / 327:". After Wilson's death, Ord completed the publishing and distribution, and compiled Wilson's unpublished writings for a final (9th) volume which contained an extended "Biographical sketch of Alexander Wilson". 444:? His excellent memoir would have been sufficient to establish its identity with the species found so extensively in the old world, even if the specimen itself, carefully preserved in the 1113: 484: 96: 1304: 1299: 843:

Naval Documents of the American Revolution: American theatre: Sept. 3, 1775-Oct. 31, 1775. European theatre: Aug. 11, 1775-Oct. 31, 1775. American theatre: Nov. 1, 1775-Dec. 7, 1775

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Ord, G. 1830. Some observations on the moulting of birds. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society new series 3, 292–299. (Read March 7, 1828) (

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in 1817, and later served as secretary (1820–27), vice president (1832–35), councilor (1839), treasurer (1842–47), and librarian (1842–48).

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of Philadelphia (ANSP), where he would later serve as vice president from (1816–34) and president (1851–58). He became a member of the

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Archives of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. Collection 292: Publication Committee. Papers, 1821–1939.

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The gravesite of George Ord, Jr. at the Gloria Dei (Old Swedes) cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US (17 December 2022).

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Ord authored peer-reviewed articles on a wide variety of topics including feather molt, the mating behavior of the

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in the summer of 1811, and accompanied him on two collecting expeditions (each four weeks duration) to

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In 1817, he joined the "first private, museum sponsored exploration in the United States", when he,

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Ord, G. 1817. Account of a North American quadruped, supposed to belong to the genus Ovis.

394: 363: 1161: 808: 467:, published in 1859, that have been valuable sources of information for modern scholars. 673:"Audubon's Bird of Washington: unravelling the fraud that launched The birds of America" 1053: 654: 31: 1263: 432:) in the United States, as noted by Bonaparte in his quasi-continuation of Wilson's 359: 270: 172: 68: 625: 905: 689: 672: 425: 370: 239: 183: 137: 117: 366:

went on a collecting expedition to Georgia and Florida, sponsored by the ANSP.

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Sketch of the Life of Alexander Wilson: Author of the American Ornithology

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Sketch of the life of Alexander Wilson, author of the American Ornithology

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Guthrie, William; Ferguson, James; Guthrie, William; Knox, John (1815).

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in 1824 and 1825, which included the original taxonomic descriptions of

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on August 23, 1813; one week earlier, he named Ord an executor of his "

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in the North American interior, Ord's article "Zoology of North America

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The complete writings of Thomas Say on the entomology of North America

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Ord, George (1830). "Some observations on the moulting of birds".

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A short history of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

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Ord died on January 23, 1866, and is buried in a family plot at

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Ord was born and died at the same residence, 784 Front St., in

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https://ansp.org/research/library/archives/0200-0299/coll0292/

947:. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The Academy of Natural Sciences. 717:"Minutes from the Stated Meeting, September 18 [1840]" 152:(1815), which was published in the second American edition of 503:

Ord, G. 1817. An account of an American species of the genus

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Say, Thomas; Le Conte, John Lawrence; Ord, George (1859).

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