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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Spondylus Gædaropus or Subauriculated Spondylus; Chama Gigas or Great Clamp Shell Print.Issued: Original hand-colored engraving from “Zoological Lectures” drawn engraved and published in London circa 1809 by George Shaw (1751-1813)...
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Surmullet Fish Print Issued: Original hand-colored engraving from “Zoological Lectures” drawn engraved and published in London circa 1809 by George Shaw (1751-1813) and principal engraver Mrs. Griffith. Medium: Hand colored...
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Torpedo Ray Print Issued: Original hand-colored engraving from “Zoological Lectures” drawn engraved and published in London circa 1809 by George Shaw (1751-1813) and principal engraver Mrs. Griffith. Medium: Hand colored...
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Trichoda Sol or Sun Trichoda slightly magnified with a view of the mouth & one of the spines more highly magnified Print. Issued: Original hand-colored engraving from “Zoological Lectures” drawn...
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Tubularia Reptans in its natural size; Magnified view of the Tubularia Reptans.Print. Issued: Original hand-colored engraving from “Zoological Lectures” drawn engraved and published in London circa 1809 by George Shaw...
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Turbot and Flounder Fish Print Issued: Original hand-colored engraving from “Zoological Lectures” drawn engraved and published in London circa 1809 by George Shaw (1751-1813) and principal engraver Mrs. Griffith. Medium:...
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Volvox Globator (Green Alga) in its natural size & magnified Print. Issued: Original hand-colored engraving from “Zoological Lectures” drawn engraved and published in London circa 1809 by George Shaw (1751-1813)...
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Protozoa – Vorticella Print. Issued: Original hand-colored engraving from “Zoological Lectures” drawn engraved and published in London circa 1809 by George Shaw (1751-1813) and principal engraver Mrs. Griffith. Medium: Hand...
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Vorticella Racemosa in its natural size magnified & very highly magnified Print. Issued: Original hand-colored engraving from “Zoological Lectures” drawn engraved and published in London circa 1809 by George Shaw...
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Vorticella urceolaris (Brachionus capsuliflorus) very common during the summer months in stagnant water. It is represented as very highly magnified Print.Issued: Original hand-colored engraving from “Zoological Lectures” drawn engraved and...