About Alfred John North
Lived 1855 – 1917 (aged 61). Alfred John North was an Australian ornithologist.
Alfred John North (11 June 1855 – 6 May 1917) was an Australian ornithologist.
North was born in Melbourne and was educated at Melbourne Grammar School. He was appointed to the Australian Museum, Sydney in 1886 and was given a permanent position there five years later.
He wrote a List of the Insectivorous Birds of New South Wales (1897) and a Descriptive Catalogue of the Nests and Eggs of Birds Found Breeding in Australia and Tasmania (1889) with George Barnard as co-author. He described a number of birds for the first time, many in the Victorian Naturalist, the magazine of the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria of which he was a founding member.
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Who was Alfred John North?
Australian ornithologist (1855–1917)
When was Alfred John North born?
Alfred John North was born on 11 June 1855 in Melbourne.
When did Alfred John North die?
Alfred John North died on 6 May 1917 in Sydney.
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Alfred John North was an ornithologist.
What nationality was Alfred John North?
Alfred John North was Australian.
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