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Edward Ent, son of the most celebrated ...
Latin Text: :
EDVARDUS ENT, Honoratissimi viri Dñi Georgij Ent Militis, Collegij Medicorum Londinens. Præsidis moderni filius, è Collegio Baliolensi, in Jure Civili studiosus, ac Arcanorum Naturæ indagator solertissimus, ut hujus Musæi maxime hiantem Lacunam aliquo usque suppleret, illud 24 Avibus (cujusque ferè speciei nonnullis) lubens instruxit.
Translation: :
Edward Ent, son of the most celebrated Sir George Ent, President of the Royal College of Physicians, was a student of Civil Law at Balliol College, and also took a very keen interest in the mysteries of Nature. He was happy to be able to give the Museum twenty-four birds (some of them wild) in order to fill a major gap in the Museum's collection.
Location: : Not listed in the 1836 catalogue. The present location of these objects is unknown.
Year: : MDCLXXXIV (1684); Page Number: : 9 (verso)
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