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Joseph Whitaker (ornithologist)

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business through his paternal grandmother, Mary Ingham, whose brother Benjamin (1784-1861) went into business in Palermo. The Inghams were from Ossett in Yorkshire - there is an Ossett website which gives a detailed biography of the Ingham Marsala Wine co. He and his brother William Ingham Whitaker
198:. Collecting expeditions to Tunisia followed. These extended over a period of ten years (1894–1904). Notebooks kept at the time contain information on the natural history of the birds as well as other fauna and also the 205:
The Tunisian bird and bird nest and egg collection was housed in a villa in the grounds of his home "Malfitano" alongside a very complete collection of Sicilian birds and collections made on his behalf by
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Whitaker himself was founder and president of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals at Palermo, and also he was a major figure in the foundation of
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age, the house was the venue for lavish parties attended by British and Italian royalty and celebrated European society. Tina Whitaker knew
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Sulla necessitĂ  di legislazione internazionale per proibire l'importazione in Europa delle pelli e piume di alcune specie di uccelli.
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town founded in the eighth century BC. He wrote a book on his excavations in 1921. The site may be explored (online) using the
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Whitaker devoted the last years of his life to archaeology, purchasing the island of
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The Birds of Sicily. Manuscript in the Villa Whitaker Malfitano. Palermo. 1920 about
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Il Corvus corone, la Linota rufescens e la Glareola melanoptera in Sicilia.
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Princes Under the Volcano: Two Hundred Years of a British Dynasty in Sicily
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Further information on two recently described species of Passerine Birds.
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in the later 1880s, becoming the first president of the football club.
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Corvus corone, Linota rufescens and Glareola melanoptera in Sicily.
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Sicily & England: Political and Social Reminiscences 1848-1870
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The couple had two daughters; the elder of whom married General
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mansion near Zisa Castle on the Via Dante. In these years, the
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In 1891 already a very keen ornithologist Whitaker joined the
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in Morocco. To these were added specimens of birds from the
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On a collection of birds from Morocco with descriptions of
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Some of Whitaker's collection of Tunisian birds are in the
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On the occurrence of Porphyrio alleni in Italy and Tunis.
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Sulla migrazione degli uccelli, specialmente in Sicilia.
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Catalogo Della Collezione Ornitologica Joseph Whitaker
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On the breeding of the Purple Gallinule in captivity.
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Vandelli) volg. sic. gaddo fagiano o gaddu fascianu.
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Biographical notice on the late Professor Giglioli.
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English ornithologist and archaeologist (1850–1936)
56:. He is mainly known for his work on the birds of 1084: 927:Cisticola cisticola mauritanica subsp. nova. 913:On a small collection of Birds from Tripoli. 867:The passage of Cuculus canorus L. in Sicily. 125:, the couple built as their family home the 233:Gallery of Birds in the Whitaker Collection 80:in west Yorkshire. He inherited the Ingham 64:. He was married to the author and hostess 1066: 986:Letter on Pterocles senegallus in Sicily. 885:On a new species of Acredula from Sicily. 772:dodsoni, subsp. nov. (p. 599) and of 732:vol.vii.pxvii (p 155 of Ibis 1898). 1897 96: 20: 1123:Italian football chairmen and investors 1085: 955:Alauda arvensis harterti subsp. nova. 1049:.S.IV.XXIV (Suppl.), 2000 13 figures. 1004:Motya – A Phoenician Colony in Sicily 863:Bull. Br. Orn. Club vol.x. p.17. 1899 934:La Glareola melanoptera in Sicilia. 861:On a new Chat from Southern Persia. 829:Sulla riproduzione in cattivitĂ  del 699:Additional notes on Tunisian birds. 113:during the years leading up to the 13: 795:and Morocco, and a new crossbill, 105:. She was the daughter of General 14: 1164: 1143:Palermo FC chairmen and investors 1133:Italian people of English descent 1113:English people of Italian descent 1074:Works by or about Joseph Whitaker 1053: 892:On some species of Crested Lark. 706:Further notes on Tunisian birds. 36:– 3 November 1936 in Rome) was a 806:Description of a new species of 750:Further notes on Tunisian birds 735:Description of Two new species, 639: 623: 607: 591: 575: 559: 543: 527: 511: 495: 479: 463: 447: 431: 415: 399: 383: 367: 351: 335: 319: 303: 287: 271: 255: 239: 1153:Phoenician-punic archaeologists 858:vol. vii. p. 502–505. 1899 229:(bird mounts, eggs and nests). 163:scandal. In 1907 she published 30:Joseph Isaac Spadafora Whitaker 1025: 899:On rare species from Tripoli. 692:Notes on some Tunisian birds. 676:link and is open to visitors. 655: 1: 1064:Biodiversity Heritage Library 1018: 997:vo. iii p. 126–135. 1915 822:. Vol.vii, p.xlvii (p 432 of 196:British Ornithologists' Union 177: 851:. vol. viii, p.xxxvii. 1899. 799:, subsp. nov., from Tunisia 109:, who landed in Sicily with 76:Whitaker's family came from 71: 7: 1148:Businesspeople from Palermo 1118:Archaeologists from Palermo 990:vo.xviii. p. 102. 1910 797:Loxia curvirostra poliogyna 10: 1169: 1041:Lo Valvo, F. and Massa B. 983:vol.xviii. p.537-538. 1910 584:Middle spotted woodpecker 121:over the more provincial 52:. He was a member of the 1060:Works by Joseph Whitaker 1047:Il Naturalista Siciliano 1045:(1850–1936) Estrato da: 903:vol.xiii. p. 15-17. 1902 889:vol.x. 11. p.51-52. 1901 679: 189: 117:. Choosing to settle in 101:Joseph Whitaker married 1138:Scientists from Palermo 975:Digitised text Volume 2 972:Digitised text Volume 1 952:vo.xii. p.477-478. 1904 938:vo.viii. p. 84-85. 1904 924:vol.xi. p.431-432. 1903 917:. vo.x. p.643-656. 1902 844:On an Abnormal nest of 724:Exhibition of skins of 1128:Italian ornithologists 1108:English ornithologists 1103:English archaeologists 931:vol.xiv. p.19-20. 1903 910:. vol.x. p.54-59. 1902 874:On the Occurrence of 871:vo. vi. p.99-100. 1899 520:Grey-headed woodpecker 424:Short-toed snake eagle 360:White-winged snowfinch 219:Natural History Museum 26: 959:vol.xv. p.19-20. 1904 876:Caprimulgus aeggptius 849:Bull. Brit. Orn. Club 820:Bull. Brit. Orn. Club 783:Description of a new 504:Greater spotted eagle 225:(bird skins) and the 223:Royal Scottish Museum 97:Marriage and children 24: 964:The Birds of Tunisia 66:Tina Scalia Whitaker 957:Bull. Br. Orn. Club 945:vo.viii. p.56. 1904 929:Bull. Br. Orn. Club 896:vol.xii. p.38. 1901 887:Bull. Br. Orn. Club 835:Porphyrio coeruleus 770:Lanius algieriensis 747:vol.vii.pxvii 1897. 745:Bull. Brit.Orn.Club 730:Bull. Brit.Orn.Club 703:85 -106, map. 1895. 328:Eurasian thick-knee 184:US CittĂ  di Palermo 62:US CittĂ  di Palermo 1008:G. Bell & Sons 841:vol.3, 17–20. 1899 789:Saxicola caterinae 741:Rhodopechys aliena 710:87 -99, map. 1896. 696:78–100, map. 1894. 687:Naturalista sicil. 376:Spotted sandgrouse 172:Antonio Di Giorgio 161:Irish Crown Jewels 111:Giuseppe Garibaldi 32:(19 March 1850 in 27: 791:, sp. nov., from 536:Red-footed falcon 408:White-winged tern 248:Egyptian nightjar 147:, the Kaiser and 87:Raleigh Trevelyan 25:Whitaker in 1880. 1160: 1078:Internet Archive 1070: 1034: 1029: 882:p. 475-476. 1899 839:Naturalista sic. 739:, sp. nov., and 726:Sturnix unicolor 715:Turnix sylvatica 648:Black woodpecker 643: 627: 611: 595: 579: 563: 547: 531: 515: 499: 483: 467: 451: 435: 419: 403: 387: 371: 355: 344:Egyptian vulture 339: 323: 312:Eurasian wryneck 307: 291: 275: 259: 243: 145:Benito Mussolini 1168: 1167: 1163: 1162: 1161: 1159: 1158: 1157: 1083: 1082: 1056: 1038: 1037: 1032:Whitaker Family 1030: 1026: 1021: 995:Riv. Ital. 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Palermo
Sicilian
ornithologist
archaeologist
sportsman
Whitaker family
Tunisia
US CittĂ  di Palermo
Tina Scalia Whitaker
Huddersfield
Marsala wine
Raleigh Trevelyan
Tina Scalia
Alfonso Scalia
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Risorgimento
Palermo
Marsala
Villa Malfitano
Art Nouveau
Belle Époque
Richard Wagner
Benito Mussolini
Edward VII
Empress Eugenie
Queen Mary
Irish Crown Jewels
Antonio Di Giorgio
US CittĂ  di Palermo

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