Person:Mark Catesby (1)

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Mark Catesby
d.23 Dec 1749 London, England
m.
  1. Elizabeth Jekyll CatesbyAbt 1680 - 1755
  2. Mark Catesby1683 - 1749
  • HMark Catesby1683 - 1749
  • W.  Elizabeth Rowland (add)
m. 8 Oct 1747
Facts and Events
Name Mark Catesby
Gender Male
Birth[1] 24 Mar 1683 Castle Hedingham, Essex, England
Christening[1] 30 Mar 1683 Castle Hedingham, Essex, England
Marriage 8 Oct 1747 Englandto Elizabeth Rowland (add)
Death[1] 23 Dec 1749 London, England
Burial[1] grave is now lost
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Mark Catesby, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
    includes sources, last accessed Jul 2025.

    Mark Catesby (24 March 1683 – 23 December 1749) was an English naturalist who studied the flora and fauna of the New World. Between 1729 and 1747, Catesby published his Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, the first published account of the flora and fauna of North America. It included 220 plates of birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, insects, mammals and plants. ...