John Hancock (ornithologist)

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John Hancock was a 19th-century English ornithologist and taxidermist renowned as a pioneer of modern taxidermy and influential in the development of natural history museums.

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John Hancock (ornithologist) canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
naturalist ⓘ
ornithologist ⓘ
taxidermist ⓘ
areaOfInfluence British natural history museums ⓘ
museum exhibition design ⓘ
birthDate 1808-02-24 ⓘ
birthPlace Newcastle upon Tyne ⓘ
burialPlace Jesmond Old Cemetery ⓘ
causeOfNotability innovative, dynamic poses in taxidermy mounts ⓘ
integration of scientific accuracy with artistic presentation in taxidermy ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 19th century ⓘ
collaboratedWith Albany Hancock ⓘ
contributedTo collections of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham and Newcastle upon Tyne ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate 1890-10-11 ⓘ
describedAs leading 19th-century English ornithologist ⓘ
pioneer of modern taxidermy ⓘ
ethnicGroup English people ⓘ
fieldOfWork natural history ⓘ
ornithology ⓘ
taxidermy ⓘ
genre natural history illustration ⓘ
hasGender male ⓘ
hasNotableStudentOrFollower later generations of museum taxidermists ⓘ
influenced development of museum dioramas ⓘ
practice of scientific taxidermy in the 19th century ⓘ
influencedBy contemporary developments in natural history ⓘ
knownFor exhibits at the Great Exhibition of 1851 ⓘ
lifelike taxidermy mounts of birds ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham and Newcastle upon Tyne ⓘ
name John Hancock ⓘ
nationality English ⓘ
notableFor influencing the development of natural history museums ⓘ
pioneering modern taxidermy techniques ⓘ
notableWork taxidermy group of falcons attacking a heron ⓘ
occupation ornithologist ⓘ
taxidermist ⓘ
participatedIn Great Exhibition of 1851 ⓘ
residence Newcastle upon Tyne ⓘ
sibling Albany Hancock ⓘ
workLocation Newcastle upon Tyne ⓘ

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Great North Museum: Hancock → namedAfter → John Hancock (ornithologist) ⓘ
Hancock Museum → namedAfter → John Hancock (ornithologist) ⓘ