biography
pronunciation:
[byooik]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1753–1828)
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| biography:
| Wood engraver, born in Ovingham, Northumberland, NE England, UK. Among his best works are the woodcuts for The Chillingham Bull (1789) and for the History of British Birds (1797–1804). Bewick's swan was named in his honour shortly after his death. |
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