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Latitude
53.4075
Longitude
-2.991944
Start Date
1817-01-01
End Date
1817-01-01

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ID
tba88b

Extended Data

DAAO URL
https://www.daao.org.au/bio/silvester-diggles
Birth Place
Liverpool, England, UK
Biography
painter, professional photographer, musician and naturalist, was born on 24 January 1817, eldest son of Edward Holt Diggles, an ironmonger of Liverpool, England, and Elizabeth, née Silvester. This entry is a stub. You can help DAAO by submitting a biography. Writers: Staff Writer Date written: 1992 Last updated: 2011
Born
b. 24 January 1817
Summary
Regardless of whether he was painting a seashore scene on a mutton shoulder-blade, or showing his special skill in life-like and accurate natural history illustrations, Diggles' outstanding artistic achievement was the completion of 325 pencil and watercolour plates illustrating 600 birds for the impressive tome, 'Ornithology of Australia.'
Gender
Male
Died
21 March 1880
Age at death
63