Edward S. Donovan [SEP] manner of death
Edward S. Donovan
Edward S. Donovan (c. 1895 – April 25, 1926), also known as Piper Donovan was an American sprinter who was killed in a hit and run accident.
Biography.
Donovan was born around 1865 in Natick, Massachusetts and he had a brother, William F. Donovan. He died on April 25, 1926 in Framingham, Massachusetts after being hit by a car.
1817 in birding and ornithology
- Closure of Edward Donovan s London Museum and Institute of Natural History founded in 1807.
- Emperor Franz II of Austria finances an expedition to Brazil on the occasion of the wedding of his daughter Archduchess Leopoldina to the Portuguese crown prince, Dom Pedro of Alcantara Johann Natterer was the zoologist on the expedition and was accompanied by other naturalists including Johann Baptist von Spix and Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius.
- Death of Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin
- Stamford Raffles in "The History of Java