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Anna Blackburne
Anna Blackburne (1726 – 30 December 1793) was an English people, English naturalist. Life Anna Blackburne was born at Orford Hall, Orford, Warrington, Lancashire, the daughter of John Blackburne (botanist), John Blackburne and Jane (born Ashton). Her father was a wealthy Salt in Cheshire, Cheshire salt dealer, who studied natural history and had famous greenhouses admired by Thomas Pennant (1726–1798). Inspired by her father, she devoted herself to study natural history in a more systematic way. To improve her understanding of the system developed by Carl von Linné (1707–1778), she learned Latin language, Latin. She corresponded with Carl Linnaeus and Johann Reinhold Forster (1729–1798), who encouraged her to publish her Entomology, entomological observations and devote herself to the museum of Oxford Hall. . Her additions to the insect collections were especially notable, thanks to specimens sent to her by Peter Simon Pallas (1741–1811). Her brother Ashton Blackbur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English People
The English people are an ethnic group and nation native to England, who speak the English language in England, English language, a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language, and share a common history and culture. The English identity is of History of Anglo-Saxon England, Anglo-Saxon origin, when they were known in Old English as the ('race or tribe of the Angles'). Their ethnonym is derived from the Angles, one of the Germanic peoples who migrated to Great Britain around the 5th century AD. The English largely descend from two main historical population groups the West Germanic tribes (the Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Frisians) who settled in southern Britain following the withdrawal of the Ancient Rome, Romans, and the Romano-British culture, partially Romanised Celtic Britons already living there.Martiniano, R., Caffell, A., Holst, M. et al. Genomic signals of migration and continuity in Britain before the Anglo-Saxons. Nat Commun 7, 10326 (2016). https://doi.org/10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
