George Shaw (10 December 1751 – 22 July 1813) was an English botanist and zoologist.
Life
Shaw was born at Bierton, Buckinghamshire, and was educated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford, receiving his M.A. in 1772. He took up the profession of medical practitioner. In 1786 he became the assistant lecturer in botany at Oxford University. He was a co-founder of the Linnean Society in 1788, and became a fellow of the Royal Society in 1789.
In 1791 Shaw became assistant keeper of the natural history department at the British Museum, succeeding Edward Whitaker Gray as keeper in 1806. He found that most of the items donated to the museum by Hans Sloane were in very bad condition. Medical and anatomical material was sent to the museum at the Royal College of Surgeons, but many of the stuffed animals and birds had deteriorated and had to be burnt. He was succeeded after his death by his assistant Charles Konig.
Works
Shaw published one of the first English descriptions with scientific names of several Australian animals in his "Zoology of New Holland" (1794). He was among the first scientists to examine a platypus and published the first scientific description of it in The Naturalist's Miscellany in 1799.
In the field of herpetology he described numerous new species of reptiles and amphibians.
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Argus Pheasant Print 1809 George Shaw Original Engraving. Issued: Zoological Lectures Delivered at the Royal Institution in the Years 1806 and 1807 by George Shaw. Pub. 1809. Issued date: 1809...
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Bittern & Stork Bird Print 1809 George Shaw Original Engraving. Issued: Zoological Lectures Delivered at the Royal Institution in the Years 1806 and 1807 by George Shaw. Pub. 1809. Issued...
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Bustard Print 1809 George Shaw Original Engraving. Issued: Zoological Lectures Delivered at the Royal Institution in the Years 1806 and 1807 by George Shaw. Pub. 1809. Issued date: 1809 Published:...
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Coccothraustes or Crossbill Bird Print 1809 George Shaw Original Engraving. Issued: Zoological Lectures Delivered at the Royal Institution in the Years 1806 and 1807 by George Shaw. Pub. 1809. Issued...
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Common Cuckow Bird Print 1809 George Shaw Original Engraving. Issued: Zoological Lectures Delivered at the Royal Institution in the Years 1806 and 1807 by George Shaw. Pub. 1809. Issued date:...
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Common Kingfisher Bird Print 1809 George Shaw Original Engraving. Issued: Zoological Lectures Delivered at the Royal Institution in the Years 1806 and 1807 by George Shaw. Pub. 1809. Issued date:...
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Common Pelican Print 1809 George Shaw Original Engraving. Issued: Zoological Lectures Delivered at the Royal Institution in the Years 1806 and 1807 by George Shaw. Pub. 1809. Issued date: 1809...
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Condor Antique Print 1809 Original Engraving. Issued: Zoological Lectures Delivered at the Royal Institution in the Years 1806 and 1807 by George Shaw. Pub. 1809. Issued date: 1809 Published: London:...
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Egyptian Ibis Bird Print 1809 George Shaw Original Engraving. Issued: Zoological Lectures Delivered at the Royal Institution in the Years 1806 and 1807 by George Shaw. Pub. 1809. Issued date:...
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Flamingo Print 1809 George Shaw Original Engraving. Issued: Zoological Lectures Delivered at the Royal Institution in the Years 1806 and 1807 by George Shaw. Pub. 1809. Issued date: 1809 Published:...
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Golden Eagle Print 1809 Original Engraving. Issued: Zoological Lectures Delivered at the Royal Institution in the Years 1806 and 1807 by George Shaw. Pub. 1809. Issued date: 1809 Published: London:...
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Great Crowed Pigeon Print 1809 George Shaw Original Engraving. Issued: Zoological Lectures Delivered at the Royal Institution in the Years 1806 and 1807 by George Shaw. Pub. 1809. Issued date:...
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Golden Eagle Print 1809 Original Engraving. Issued: Zoological Lectures Delivered at the Royal Institution in the Years 1806 and 1807 by George Shaw. Pub. 1809. Issued date: 1809 Published: London:...
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Great or Common Paradise Bird Print 1809 George Shaw Original Engraving. Issued: Zoological Lectures Delivered at the Royal Institution in the Years 1806 and 1807 by George Shaw. Pub. 1809....
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Great Scarlet Macaw Print 1809 George Shaw Original Engraving. Issued: Zoological Lectures Delivered at the Royal Institution in the Years 1806 and 1807 by George Shaw. Pub. 1809. Issued date:...
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Ostrich Print 1809 George Shaw Original Engraving. Issued: Zoological Lectures Delivered at the Royal Institution in the Years 1806 and 1807 by George Shaw. Pub. 1809. Issued date: 1809 Published:...
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Picus Pileatus Print 1809 George Shaw Original Engraving. Issued: Zoological Lectures Delivered at the Royal Institution in the Years 1806 and 1807 by George Shaw. Pub. 1809. Issued date: 1809...
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Red Throated Humming Bird Print 1809 George Shaw Original Engraving. Issued: Zoological Lectures Delivered at the Royal Institution in the Years 1806 and 1807 by George Shaw. Pub. 1809. Issued...
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Scarlet Ibis Print 1809 George Shaw Original Engraving. Issued: Zoological Lectures Delivered at the Royal Institution in the Years 1806 and 1807 by George Shaw. Pub. 1809. Issued date: 1809...
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Small Taylor Bird Print 1809 George Shaw Original Engraving. Issued: Zoological Lectures Delivered at the Royal Institution in the Years 1806 and 1807 by George Shaw. Pub. 1809. Issued date:...
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Spoonbill Print 1809 George Shaw Original Engraving. Issued: Zoological Lectures Delivered at the Royal Institution in the Years 1806 and 1807 by George Shaw. Pub. 1809. Issued date: 1809 Published:...
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Toco & Rhinoceros Bird Print 1809 George Shaw Original Engraving. Issued: Zoological Lectures Delivered at the Royal Institution in the Years 1806 and 1807 by George Shaw. Pub. 1809. Issued...
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Trochilus Minimus or Least Humming Bird Print 1809 George Shaw Original Engraving. Issued: Zoological Lectures Delivered at the Royal Institution in the Years 1806 and 1807 by George Shaw. Pub....
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Turnstone & Long Legged Plover Bird Print 1809 George Shaw Original Engraving. Issued: Zoological Lectures Delivered at the Royal Institution in the Years 1806 and 1807 by George Shaw. Pub....
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Ultramarine Ampelis Bird Print 1809 George Shaw Original Engraving. Issued: Zoological Lectures Delivered at the Royal Institution in the Years 1806 and 1807 by George Shaw. Pub. 1809. Issued date:...
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Wandering Albatross Print 1809 George Shaw Original Engraving. Issued: Zoological Lectures Delivered at the Royal Institution in the Years 1806 and 1807 by George Shaw. Pub. 1809. Issued date: 1809...