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	Audubon Audubon borough (1990 pop. 9,205), Camden co., SW N.J., a suburb of Camden; inc. 1905. Audubon is mostly residential. It was named after John James Audubon , the ornithologist, who studied the birds of the area in 1829.... Read more
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Audubon, John James
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History ...masterpiece in both Europe and America. In 1838 he published...his son John Wodehouse Audubon and John Bachman, The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America (1842–1854).Although self‐taught, Audubon was a ...

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	AUDUBON GALLERIES REOPEN WITH 'QUADRUPEDS OF NORTH AMERICA' AT JULE COLLINS... Newspaper article from: States News Service ...Brent Miller Audubon Collection...The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America." The Quadruped folios are being...John Woodhouse Audubon on loan from...the Rev. John Bachman of Charleston...land mammals of ...
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