Christopher Webb Smith
British artist
Died when: 77 years 233 days (931 months)Star Sign: Gemini
Christopher Webb Smith (30 May 1793 Camberwell - 18 January 1871 Florence), was an English-born bird painter and public official.After joining the East India Company he was sent to India in 1811, where he remained in various administrative posts until 1842 and is remembered as a “gentleman naturalist” who specialised in ornithology and illustration.
He was one of the first to codify the birds of India.
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