John Blackwall [SEP] date of death
John Blackwall
John Blackwall (20 January 1790 – 11 May 1881) was a British naturalist with a particular interest in spiders.
Life.
Blackwall was born in Manchester on 20 January 1790. He lived at Hendre House near Llanrwst in north Wales from 1833 until his death. He was interested in nature from an early age, first in birds and then spiders, on which he published his first article in 1827.
He published "A History of the Spiders of Great Britain and Ireland" (2 volumes
in 1828
- Blackwall Dock
- Ruislip Lido
- Deeping Fen Drainage and pumping engines at Pode Hole (incomplete at his death)
- Caen Hill Locks, a flight of locks on the Kennet and Avon Canal, between Rowde and Devizes in Wiltshire, England, comprising 29 locks.
See also.
- Canals of the United Kingdom
- History of the British canal system
External links.
- BBC brief biography of John Rennie
- "Significant Scots: John Rennie"
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