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DONOVAN, EDWARD (17681837)

This article appears in Volume V08, Page 419 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: DIO-DRO
DONOVAN, EDWARD (17681837) ,
English
  naturalist, was the author of many popular works on natural history and botany. In 1792 appeared the first volume of his Natural History of British
Insects
 , which extended to sixteen volumes, and was completed in 1813. He also published Natural Histories of British Birds, in Io vols. 8vo (17991819), of British Fishes, in 5 vols. (18021808), of British Shells, in 5 vols. (18001804), a
series
  of illustrated works on The
Insects
  of India,
China
 , New Holland, & re., in 3 vols. 4t0 (19981805), and Excursions in
South
  Wales and
Monmouthshire
  (18o5). To these works must be added his periodical entitled The Naturalist's Repository, a monthly publication, of which three volumes were completed (18231825), and an
Essay
  on the Minute Parts of
Plants
  in general. Donovan was author of the articles on natural history in Rees's Cyclopaedia. In 1833 he published a Memorial respecting my Publications in Natural History, in which he complains that he had been nearly ruined by his publishers. He was a fellow of the Linnean Society, and died in London on the 1st of
February
  1837.


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