John James Audubon
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John James Audubon (April 26, 1785 – January 27, 1851) was a Franco-American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter. He painted, catalogued, and described the birds of North America. He was educated in Paris, where he took lessons from the French painter Jacques-Louis David.
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