Quote by: John James Audubon

Ah! How often when I have been abroad on the mountains has my heart risen in grateful praise to God that it was not my destiny to waste and pine among those noisome congregations of the city.


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  • NameJohn James Audubon
  • Descriptionornithologist, naturalist, and painter
  • BornApril 26, 1785
  • DiedJanuary 27, 1851
  • CountryUnited States Of America; France
  • ProfessionBotanist; Ornithologist; Painter; Zoologist; Naturalist
  • WorksOsprey And The Otter And The Salmon; The Birds Of America
  • AwardsFellow Of The Royal Society