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Bonaparte was raised in Italy and travelled to the United States in 1820 shortly after marrying his cousin Zenaida. Before leaving Italy he had already discovered a warbler new to science, the Moustached Warbler, and on the voyage he collected specimens of a new storm-petrel. On arrival in the United States he presented a paper on this new bird, which was later named after Alexander WilsonFor the 1970s MP of this name see Alexander Wilson (Scottish politician Alexander Wilson ( July 6, 1766 August 23, 1813) was a Scottish-born American poet, ornithologist, naturalist and illustrator. Wilson was born in Paisley, Scotland, the son of an illi.

Bonaparte then set about updating Wilson's American Ornithology, and the revised edition was published between 1825 and 1833. In 1824 Bonaparte tried to get the then unknown John James AudubonJohn James Audubon ( April 26, 1785 January 27, 1851) was an American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter. He painted, catalogued, and described the birds of North America. Audubon was born in Haiti, the illegitimate son of a French sea captain and his accepted by the Academy of Natural SciencesThe Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia was founded in 1812 to expand knowledge of the natural world. In its early days it organized expeditions to explore the western part of the country, led by Stephen Long and Ferdinand Hayden. The Academy empl, but this was opposed by the ornithologist George OrdGeorge Ord ( 1781 January 24, 1866) was an American ornithologist. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His father was a rope maker and Ord joined him in the business, continuing after his fathers death in 1806. In 1829 he retired from the business so that.

At the end of 1826 Bonaparte and his family returned to Europe. He visited Germany, where he met Philipp Jakob CretzschmarPhilipp Jakob Cretzschmar ( June 11, 1786 May 4, 1845) was a German physician. Cretzschmar was born at Sulzbach and studied medicine at the University of Wurzburg. He taught anatomy and zoology at the Senckenberg Medical Institute in Frankfurt. Cretzschma, and England, where he met John Edward GrayJohn Edward Gray ( February 12, 1800 March 7, 1875) was a British zoologist. He was the elder brother of George Robert Gray. John Gray was Keeper of Zoology at the British Museum in London from 1840 until Christmas 1874. He published several catalogs of t at the British MuseumThe British Museum is one of the world's greatest and most famous museums. It was established in 1753 by Sir Hans Sloane, a physician and scientist who collected lots of literature and art, on its present site at Montague House in London, United Kingdom,, and renewed his acquaintance with Audubon. In 1828 the family settled in RomeRome ( Italian and Latin Roma is the capital city of Italy, and of its Lazio region. It is located on the lower Tiber river, near the Mediterranean Sea, at 41°50'N, 12°15'E. The Vatican City State, a sovereign enclave within Rome, is the seat of the Roman. Between 1832 and 1841 Bonaparte published his work on the animals of Italy, Iconografia della Fauna Italica. He was exiled in 1849 for his involvement in the pro-nationalist movement, and died in Paris.