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Last Name Selby

Given Name Prideaux John

alt. Names P. J. S. ; John Selby ; P. Selby ;

Marriage Lewis Tabitha Mitford (1782-1859)

Children 3 daughters: Lewis-Marianne (1811-1890)

Year born 1788 in Alnwick, Northumberland

Year died 1867

Place of death Bamburgh, Northumberland

Father's occupation George Selby of Beal and Twizell (1xxx-1804)

Relatives artist and etcher capt. / admiral Robert Mitford (1781-1870) (brother-in-law)

Education University College, Oxford; tutored by Audubon

Country of Activity England, UK

Worked for Selby: Illust. British Ornithology (1821-34) ; P. J. S. & W. Jardine (1826-43) & History British Trees (1842) ; William Jardine: Naturalist's Library: Pigeons (1835), Parrots (1836) ; Magazine of zoology and botany (London & Edinburgh 1837-38) ;

Patronage Magazine of Zoology and Botany, Wernerian Natural History Society Edingburgh

Collaborators artist Edward Lear ; artist Horatio McCulloch ; artist William Jardine ; etcher William Home Lizars ; etcher Robert Mitford ; colorist: Daniel McNee ;

Techniques ornithological, zoological, and botanical drawing, painting, and etching

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Published sources Oxford Dict. Nat. Biog. ; DNB ; Jackson 1989: chap. 14 ; Nissen: Zoolog. Buchillustration 1969/78 # 4656 ; Lederer 2019: chap. 5;

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