Look, my dear ma! What beautiful flowers I have found growing in our place! Why, all the woods are full of them!
"Alexander Wilson" was a Scottish-American poet, ornithologist, Natural history/naturalist, and illustrator. Identified by George Ord as the "Father of American Ornithology," Wilson is now regarded as the greatest American ornithologist before John James Audubon/Audubon.
Several species of bird are named after Wilson, including the Wilson's storm-petrel, Wilson's plover, Wilson's phalarope, Wilson's snipe, and Wilson's warbler. The now obsolete warbler genus Wilsonia (bird)/Wilsonia was named for him by Charles Lucien Bonaparte. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology and the Wilson Ornithological Society also bear his name.
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