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William Wade Ellis

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and gave him some of his drawings, hoping to be remunerated. Owing to financial difficulties, Ellis took up an offer to write an account of Cook's third voyage, published in 1782. However, due to a breach of terms in the contract, Ellis was not paid for the book's sales.
124: 87:. Descriptions of specimens in his notebooks suggest that he was scientifically trained and had a knowledge of Latin but claims that he trained at Cambridge University and at St. Bartholomew's Hospital have not been supported by evidence. 54:'s voyages. His middle name was wrongly identified as Webb in some sources. He is known largely from the paintings of natural history subjects that he made during Captain Cook's voyages. Ellis was baptized on 11 June 1751 at 69:, as "a genteel young fellow and of good education". He served on all three of Captain Cook's voyages and may have improved his artistic skills through the influence of 173:"Clarifying the morphology of the enigmatic Kiritimati Sandpiper Prosobonia cancellata (J. F. Gmelin, 1785), based on a review of the contemporary data" 259: 125:"Taxonomic implications of the original illustrations of Prosobonia from Tahiti and Moorea made during the second and third Cook expeditions" 102:
on a voyage to northwest America. On this voyage, Ellis had an accident at Ostend, Belgium, falling from the mast of the
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Little is known of his early life, but he was described by David Samwell, surgeon on HMS
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An authentic narrative of a voyage performed by Captain Cook and Captain Clerke (1784)
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Jansen, Justin J. F. J.; Kamminga, Pepijn; Argeloo, Marc (15 June 2021).
59: 31: 15: 171:Jansen, Justin J. F. J.; Cibois, Alice (2020). 8: 177:Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 129:Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 188: 140: 115: 7: 106:. Ellis died from these injuries. 14: 260:People from Ely, Cambridgeshire 1: 98:In 1785, he left to join the 190:10.25226/bboc.v140i2.2020.a4 142:10.25226/bboc.v141i2.2021.a4 20:A 1777 illustration of the 281: 211:The Times. 4 July, 1785. 43:, illustration by Ellis. 44: 41:(Hemignathus obscurus) 29: 35: 19: 245:English naturalists 62:, Cambridgeshire. 73:after moving from 48:William Wade Ellis 45: 30: 26:Prosobonia ellisi 272: 265:Wildlife artists 212: 209: 203: 202: 192: 168: 162: 161: 159: 157: 144: 120: 36:The now extinct 22:Moorea Sandpiper 280: 279: 275: 274: 273: 271: 270: 269: 235: 234: 221: 216: 215: 210: 206: 170: 169: 165: 155: 153: 122: 121: 117: 112: 104:Queen Charlotte 100:Queen Charlotte 39:Lesser 'akialoa 12: 11: 5: 278: 276: 268: 267: 262: 257: 252: 247: 237: 236: 233: 232: 227: 220: 219:External links 217: 214: 213: 204: 163: 114: 113: 111: 108: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 277: 266: 263: 261: 258: 256: 253: 251: 248: 246: 243: 242: 240: 231: 228: 226: 223: 222: 218: 208: 205: 200: 196: 191: 186: 182: 178: 174: 167: 164: 152: 148: 143: 138: 134: 130: 126: 119: 116: 109: 107: 105: 101: 96: 93: 88: 86: 85: 79: 78: 72: 68: 63: 61: 57: 56:Ely Cathedral 53: 49: 42: 40: 34: 27: 23: 18: 207: 180: 176: 166: 154:. Retrieved 132: 128: 118: 103: 99: 97: 92:Joseph Banks 89: 83: 76: 66: 64: 47: 46: 37: 25: 255:1785 deaths 250:1751 births 156:20 February 71:John Webber 28:) by Ellis. 239:Categories 183:(2): 142. 110:References 90:Ellis met 84:Resolution 52:James Cook 225:Biography 199:219969781 151:235441066 77:Discovery 67:Discovery 60:Melbourn 197:  149:  195:S2CID 147:S2CID 135:(2). 158:2023 82:HMS 75:HMS 185:doi 181:140 137:doi 133:141 80:to 241:: 193:. 179:. 175:. 145:. 131:. 127:. 201:. 187:: 160:. 139:: 24:(

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A 1777 illustration of the Moorea Sandpiper (Prosobonia ellisi) by Ellis.
Moorea Sandpiper
The now extinct Lesser 'akialoa (Hemignathus obscurus), illustration by Ellis.
Lesser 'akialoa
James Cook
Ely Cathedral
Melbourn
John Webber
HMS Discovery
HMS Resolution
Joseph Banks
"Taxonomic implications of the original illustrations of Prosobonia from Tahiti and Moorea made during the second and third Cook expeditions"
doi
10.25226/bboc.v141i2.2021.a4
S2CID
235441066
"Clarifying the morphology of the enigmatic Kiritimati Sandpiper Prosobonia cancellata (J. F. Gmelin, 1785), based on a review of the contemporary data"
doi
10.25226/bboc.v140i2.2020.a4
S2CID
219969781
Biography
An authentic narrative of a voyage performed by Captain Cook and Captain Clerke (1784)
Categories
English naturalists
1751 births
1785 deaths
People from Ely, Cambridgeshire
Wildlife artists

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