John James Audubon - Wikipedia
WEBEarly life. Audubon was born in Les Cayes in the French colony of Saint-Domingue (now Haiti) [4] on his father's sugarcane plantation.
John James Audubon - Paintings, Facts & Life - Biography
WEBApr 2, 2014 · Audubon was born in Les Cayes, in what is now Haiti, on April 26, 1785. The illegitimate son of French plantation owner Captain Jean Audubon and his Creole servant Jeanne Rabin, he was given...
John James Audubon | Biography, Drawings, Books, & Facts
WEBThe illegitimate son of a French merchant, planter, and slave trader and a Creole woman of Saint-Domingue, Audubon and his illegitimate half sister (who was also born in the West Indies) were legalized by adoption in 1794, five years after their father returned to France.
John James Audubon Biography - Facts, Childhood, Family Life ...
WEBJohn James Audubon, also known as Jean-Jacques Audubon, was one of the major contributors of masterpieces to American art. With an avid interest in birds and drawing right from his childhood days, Audubon went on to be …
John James Audubon Biography - Notable Biographies
WEBJohn James Audubon was born in Saint Dominigue (now Haiti) on April 26, 1785. He was the son of Jean Audubon, a French adventurer, and Mademoiselle Rabin, about whom little is known except that she was a Creole and died soon after her son's birth.
John James Audubon | Audubon - National Audubon Society
WEBJohn James Audubon was born in Saint Domingue (now Haiti) in 1785, the illegitimate son of a French sea captain and sugar plantation owner. The identity of his mother is in dispute; she could have been a French chambermaid named Jeanne Rabine, but there is compelling evidence that she was a mixed-race housekeeper named Catherine “Sanitte ...
John James Audubon - National Gallery of Art
WEBJohn James Audubon was born April 26, 1785, in Les Cayes, Santo Domingo (now Haiti), the illegitimate son of French sea captain Jean Audubon and a servant, Jeanne Rabine. In 1789, a few years after the death of his mother, he was taken to France and raised by his father and stepmother.
John James Audubon: America’s Rare Bird - Smithsonian Magazine
WEBDec 1, 2004 · The handsome, excitable 18-year-old Frenchman who would become John James Audubon had already lived his way through two names when he landed in New York from Nantes, France, in August 1803.
Biography of John James Audubon - American Art Gallery
WEBFeb 7, 2013 · In 1791 he arranged for his natural children Jean and Rose, who was very fair, to be delivered to him in France. [9] [10] [11] The children were raised in Couëron, near Nantes, France, by Audubon and his wife Anne Moynet Audubon, whom he …
John James Audubon, Naturalist
WEBApr 26, 2017 · John James Audubon was born in what was then San Domingo (now Haiti) on this date 232 years ago in 1785. His childhood was spent in France, but by 1803 he left there to avoid conscription in Napoleon’s army.
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