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Audubon, John James Laforest

Subject ID: 17061

Last Name: Audubon
First Name: John
Middle Names: James Laforest
Birth Date: 26 April 1785
Birth Place: Les Cayes, Santo Domingo (Haiti)
Death Date: 27 January 1851
Death Place: Minnie’s Land, New York
Gender: male
Notes: Portrait in HI Portrait Collection. Birth information taken from National Audubon Society, Nov. 2007. Previous documentation at HIBD cites birthdate as 4 May 1780 and birthplace as Mandeville, nr. New Orleans, Louisiana according to “Audubon and his journals” and “The life of John James Audubon, the naturalist”. Some confusion exists about Audubon’s birth information.

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Alternate Names

  • Audubon, J. J.
  • Audubon, J. J. L.
  • Audubon, John
  • Audubon, John J.
  • Audubon, John James
  • Audubon, John James L.
  • Audubon, John James Laforest

Specialties

Botanical Illustration, Illustration, Naturalism, Scientific Illustration