Bland arbeten.
Encyclopédie ou dictionnaire universel raisonné des connaissances humaines.
June 14, 1726 - December 16, 1798.
Was a Welsh naturalist and antiquary.
The Pennants were a Welsh gentry family from the parish of Whitford, Flintshire, who had built up a modest estate at Bychton by the seventeenth century. In 1724 Thomas' father, David Pennant, also inherited the neighbouring Downing estate from a cousin, considerably augmenting the family's fortune. Downing Hall, where Thomas was born in the 'yellow room', became the main Pennant residence.
Pennant received his early education at Wrexham grammar school, before moving to Thomas Croft's school in Fulham in 1740. In 1744 entered Queen's College, Oxford, later moving to Oriel College. Like many students from a wealthy background, he left Oxford without taking a degree, although in 1771 his work as a zoologist was recognised with an honorary degree.
At the age of twelve, Pennant later recalled, he had been inspired with a passion for natural history through being presented with Francis Willughby's Ornithology. A tour in Cornwall in 1746-1747, where he met the antiquary...
Född 1790 28/1 i Stockholm (Klara), död 1822 26/3 i samma stad (Hovförs.).
Kartgravör. Son av hovkamreraren Johan Magnus P. och Beata Elisabeth Bjurman. Elev av kartgravören Carl Gustaf Lundgren 1810 samt vid Konstakademien från 1811.
Bland arbeten.
N. G. WERMING, Kartor öfver svenska städer, u. o. [1806-19]: 40 blad, bl. a. Belägenheten omkring Kongelf 1808. 1809 års riksgräns emellan Sverige och Ryssland. Belägenheten af Säter 1811. Belägenheten af Strömstad 1814. Belägenheten af Sköfde 1816. Plan och läge af Stockholm 1818.
Archiv af nyare resor till lands och sjöss, I-VI, 1810-11: ett 10-tal kartor och planer över bl. a. Kanarieöarna och Konstantinopel.
Planes et cartes á 1’histoire universelle, 1811, kpst.
E. G. GEIJER, De pugna Pultavensi, diss., resp. C. F. Wrede, Uppsala 1818: karta över Karl XII:s marscher 1700-09 samt plan över Poltava.
Hultmark, 1944.
Vägvisare för XI Olympiaden i Berlin - 1936
Witte von Lillienau - C. H. Tersmeden ca 1900.
