Mark Catesby was an English naturalist who studied the flora and fauna of the New World. Between 1729 and 1747 Catesby published his Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, the first published account of the flora and fauna of North America. It included 220 plates of birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, insects, mammals and plants.
Mark Catesby married Elizabeth Rowland on 8 October 1747 in St George's Chapel, Hyde Park Corner, but they had been a couple for about 17 years, having at least six children between April 1731 and June 1740. He died just before Christmas 1749 in his house behind St Luke Old Street, London, and was buried in its churchyard. His grave is now lost.
Mark Catesby married Elizabeth Rowland on 8 October 1747 in St George's Chapel, Hyde Park Corner, but they had been a couple for about 17 years, having at least six children between April 1731 and June 1740. He died just before Christmas 1749 in his house behind St Luke Old Street, London, and was buried in its churchyard. His grave is now lost.
Mark Catesby was an English naturalist who studied the flora and fauna of the New World. Between 1729 and 1747 Catesby published his Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, the first published account of the flora and fauna of North America. It included 220 plates of birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, insects, mammals and plants.
Mark Catesby married Elizabeth Rowland on 8 October 1747 in St George's Chapel, Hyde Park Corner, but they had been a couple for about 17 years, having at least six children between April 1731 and June 1740. He died just before Christmas 1749 in his house behind St Luke Old Street, London, and was buried in its churchyard. His grave is now lost.
Mark Catesby married Elizabeth Rowland on 8 October 1747 in St George's Chapel, Hyde Park Corner, but they had been a couple for about 17 years, having at least six children between April 1731 and June 1740. He died just before Christmas 1749 in his house behind St Luke Old Street, London, and was buried in its churchyard. His grave is now lost.
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