John Burley Swainson (July 31, 1925 – May 13, 1994) was a Canadian-American politician and jurist who served as the 42nd governor of Michigan from 1961...
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medicine entrepreneur John Swainson (1925–1994), American politician William John Swainson (1789–1855), English naturalist William Swainson (lawyer) (1809–1884)...
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New Zealand in later life. Swainson was born in Dover Place, St Mary Newington, London, the eldest son of John Timothy Swainson the Second (1756–1824), an...
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Swainson 1989, p. 25. Gwyn 2007, p. 64. Swainson 1989, p. 28. Swainson 1989, pp. 28–29. Phenix 2006, pp. 79–83. Swainson 1989, pp. 30–31. Swainson 1989...
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The genus Macronyx was introduced by the English naturalist William John Swainson in 1827 with the Cape longclaw as the type species. The name combines...
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Sharpbill (category Taxa named by William John Swainson)
The sharpbill was described in 1821 by the English naturalist William John Swainson under the binomial name Oxyrhuncus cristatus with an "h" inserted into...
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Bluebird (category Taxa named by William John Swainson)
size. The genus Sialia was introduced by the English naturalist William Swainson in 1827 with the eastern bluebird (Sialia sialis) as the type species....
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American dipper (category Taxa named by William John Swainson)
zoologist William Swainson in 1827 based on a specimen that had been collected in Mexico by the English naturalist William Bullock. Swainson placed the new...
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Hart (second from right) with Governor of Michigan John Swainson and President John F. Kennedy in the Oval Office, 1961...
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White-throated magpie-jay (category Taxa named by William John Swainson)
naturalist William John Swainson from a specimen that had been collected by the naturalist William Bullock in Temascaltepec, Mexico. Swainson coined the binomial...
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Acorn woodpecker (category Taxa named by William John Swainson)
woodpecker was formally described in 1827 by the English naturalist William Swainson under the binomial name Picus formicivorus from a specimen collected in...
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Anatidae. It was established in 1831 by English ornithologist William John Swainson, when he proposed moving the pink-eared duck into a subgenus (Malacorhynchus)...
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Black phoebe (category Taxa named by William John Swainson)
name, nigricans, is Latin for "blackish", and was given by William John Swainson in 1827. The black phoebe has six subspecies, but these can be divided...
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Western bluebird (category Taxa named by William John Swainson)
western bluebird was formally described by the English naturalist William John Swainson in 1832 and given the binomial name Sialia mexicana. Six subspecies...
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Charles Swainson (1780–1866) was an English businessman, a calico printer in Preston, Lancashire. Charles Swainson was a second-generation Tory cotton...
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governor of Michigan. He ran against the incumbent Democratic Governor John B. Swainson in the general election. Romney campaigned on revising the state's...
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Serranidae (category Taxa named by William John Swainson)
Anyperodon Günther, 1859 Cephalopholis Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Chromileptes Swainson, 1839 Dermatolepis Gill, 1861 Epinephelus Bloch, 1793 Gonioplectrus Gill...
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genus Sialia that was introduced by the English naturalist William John Swainson in 1827 with the eastern bluebird as the type species. Seven subspecies...
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Cowbird (category Taxa named by William John Swainson)
aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16. Swainson, William John; Richardson, J. (1831). Fauna boreali-americana, or, The zoology...
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Thick-billed parrot (category Taxa named by William John Swainson)
illustrator William John Swainson who designated it Macrocercus pachyrhynchus in Philosophical Magazine, new ser., 1, no. 6, p. 439 (1827). Swainson evidently thought...
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Fruit dove (category Taxa named by William John Swainson)
Ptilinopus was introduced in 1825 by the English naturalist William John Swainson with the rose-crowned fruit dove (Ptilinopus regina) as the type species...
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cirrocephalus (Vieillot, 1818) – South America C. c. poiocephalus (William John Swainson, 1837) – Africa This gull takes two years to reach maturity. First year...
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Black-backed woodpecker (category Taxa named by William John Swainson)
woodpecker was described and illustrated by the English naturalist William Swainson in 1832 from a specimen collected near the source of the Athabasca River...
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Pieridae (category Taxa named by William John Swainson)
a characteristic of this family. The family was created by William John Swainson in 1820. The name "butterfly" is believed to have originated from a...
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Melichthys (category Taxa named by William John Swainson)
Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Tetraodontiformes Family: Balistidae Genus: Melichthys Swainson, 1839...
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Senegal thick-knee (category Taxa named by William John Swainson)
Class: Aves Order: Charadriiformes Family: Burhinidae Genus: Burhinus Species: B. senegalensis Binomial name Burhinus senegalensis (Swainson, 1837) range...
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Calamus (fish) (category Taxa named by William John Swainson)
proposed as a monospecific genus in 1839 by the English zoologist William Swainson when he described Calamus megacephalus as its only species. The type locality...
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Halcyon was introduced by the English naturalist and artist William John Swainson in 1821. He named the type species as the woodland kingfisher (Halcyon...
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significant demand for these unusual flowering plants. In 1818, William John Swainson was collecting plants in Rio de Janeiro. He sent a box of tropical plants...
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Broad-tailed hummingbird (category Taxa named by William John Swainson)
Selasphorus Species: S. platycercus Binomial name Selasphorus platycercus (William Swainson, 1827) Range of S. platycercus Breeding range Wintering range...
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