Writings on natural history, geology, and geographical expeditions
Thomas Pennant (27 June [O.S. 14 June] 1726 – 16 December 1798)[1] was a Welsh naturalist, traveller, writer and antiquarian. He was born and lived his whole life at his family estate, Downing Hall near Whitford, Flintshire, in Wales.
As a naturalist he had a great curiosity, observing the geography, geology, plants, animals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish around him and recording what he saw and heard about. He wrote acclaimed books including British Zoology, the History of Quadrupeds, Arctic Zoology and Indian Zoology although he never travelled further afield than continental Europe. He knew and maintained correspondence with many of the scientific figures of his day. His books influenced the writings of Samuel Johnson. As an antiquarian, he amassed a considerable collection of art and other works, largely selected for their scientific interest. Many of these works are now housed at the National Library of Wales.
As a traveller he visited Scotland and many other parts of Britain and wrote about them. Many of his travels took him to places that were little known to the British public and the travelogues he produced, accompanied by painted and engraved colour plates, were much appreciated. Each tour started at his home and related in detail the route, the scenery, the habits and activities of the people he met, their customs and superstitions, and the wildlife he saw or heard about. He travelled on horseback accompanied by his servant, Moses Griffith, who sketched the things they encountered and later worked these up into illustrations for the books. He was an amiable man with a large circle of friends and was still busily following his interests into his sixties. He enjoyed good health throughout his life and died at Downing at the age of seventy-two.
ThomasPennant (27 June [O.S. 14 June] 1726 – 16 December 1798) was a Welsh naturalist, traveller, writer and antiquarian. He was born and lived his whole...
up pennant or pennon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pennant may refer to: Pennon (or pennant), a narrow, tapering flag Commissioning pennant, the...
York, sent her specimens of North American birds. The Welsh naturalist ThomasPennant studied these bird specimens and included them in his book Arctic Zoology...
White's life, compiled from a mixture of his letters to other naturalists—ThomasPennant and Daines Barrington; a 'Naturalist's Calendar' (in the second edition)...
ThomasPennant Barton (1803 – April 5, 1869) was an American diplomat and bibliophile who is primarily remembered for the collection of books by and relating...
father of Richard Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn. He was also a distant relative of the Welsh naturalist and antiquarian ThomasPennant. He is buried in St...
Mor's Horn. In 1772, ThomasPennant made a tour of the Hebrides and later published an account of his travels. One of the things Pennant noted while visiting...
brewing of heather-beer during the Middle Ages before the use of hops. ThomasPennant wrote in A Tour in Scotland (1769) that on the Scottish island of Islay...
weight of approximately 5.5 pounds (2.5 kg). For instance, in 1772 ThomasPennant described a sword seen on his visit to Raasay as: "an unwieldy weapon...
and the common prawn, Palaemon serratus, was categorised in 1777 by ThomasPennant. The common shrimp is a small burrowing species aligned with the notion...
of Richard,Lloyd,Esq. ThomasPennant: A Tour in Wales. Bridge Books reprint, Wrexham, Vol 2, 372 1990 In 1786, ThomasPennant, who was staying with Arthur...
the United States, but have failed to find any DNA in the material. ThomasPennant in the 18th century believed the material to be "something vomited up...
used as hunters, and these were said to be the last of their race. ThomasPennant (1726–1798) reported that he could find no more than three wolfdogs...
mammals. They have been associated with beauty and grace, with naturalist ThomasPennant describing them in 1781 as "the most elegant of quadrupeds". Zebras...
again by church chronicles of Andreas Keczkeméty in 1739. In 1771, ThomasPennant described the breed in his book Synopsis of Quadrupeds, writing that...
length. The species was first described as Echinus cordatum in 1777 by ThomasPennant. It has subsequently been synonymised with Echinocardium sebae Gray...
commemorates this with a "Statue of a Man looking out of a Window." Next, ThomasPennant in Journey from Chester to London (1782) recounted: "[T]he curiosity...
macroura Pennant (1769) albipes, ceilonensis, ceylonica, macrura, montana, tennentii R. m. dandolena Thomas and Wroughton (1915) R. m. melanochra Thomas and...
data. The genus Otus was introduced in 1769 by the Welsh naturalist ThomasPennant for the Indian scops owl (O. bakkamoena). The name is derived from the...
Plegadis falcinellus (Linn.) and Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala (Pennant): two more additions to the bird list of Kerala". J. Bombay Nat. Hist....
summit of Snowdon was at an elevation of 3,720 feet (1,130 m); in 1773, ThomasPennant quoted a later estimate of 3,568 ft (1,088 m) above sea level at Caernarfon...
This is also true of the Llangernyw Yew in North Wales. Notice by ThomasPennant, who measured the girth at 56½ feet, and noted that within living memory...
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