Wanene Audubon?

Sunan John James Audubon masani ne ga kowane mai tambaya, amma me ya sa? Ƙarin koyo game da rayuwar mutumin nan da kwarewa zai iya taimaka wa kowane mutum ya fahimci yadda Audubon ya rinjayi abin da ya zama abin ƙyama a yau.

Suna : John James Audubon (Jean-Jacques Fougère Audubon)
Haihuwar : Afrilu 26, 1785, Les Cayes, Haiti
Mutuwa : Janairu 27, 1851, New York, Amurka

Game da John James Audubon

John James Audubon dan jariri ne, wanda aka haife shi a ginin gidan mahaifinsa a Haiti.

Mahaifiyarsa - uwar farjin mahaifinsa - ya mutu lokacin da yake dan watanni kadan. A lokacin yaro yaro, bautar da bawa da rikice-rikice a yankunan karkarar Caribbean sun sa mahaifinsa ya koma Faransa, kuma Audubon yayi girma a kusa da Nantes, a kogin Loire a yammacin Faransa. Yayinda yake yaro, Audubon yana ƙaunar zama a waje, ko farauta, kifi, hawa, tafiya ko kuma, ba shakka, jin dadin tsuntsaye. Ya kuma sha'awar fasaha da kiɗa.

A cikin 1803, Audubon ya yi hijira zuwa Amurka kuma ya yi masa suna, ya zama John James maimakon Jean-Jacques. Ya fara zaune a Mill Grove, wani iyalin Audubon dake Pennsylvania mai nisan mil 20 daga Philadelphia, yana koyo don kula da ayyukan sarrafa kuɗaɗɗa a dukiya. Ya fara nazarin tsuntsaye na Amurka, kuma ya cigaba da bunkasa halayensa a fasaha. Har ila yau, ya sadu da Lucy Bakewell, wata matashiya, daga wata makwabta, wadda ta raba yawancin sha'awarsa a duniya.

Lokacin da kamfanin na kamfanin ya ba da damar yin amfani da wutar lantarki, Audubon ya koma Kentucky, ya yi auren Lucy Bakewell a 1808. Sun haifi 'ya'ya hudu -' ya'ya biyu, Lucy da Rose, dukansu biyu sun mutu sosai matashi - kuma 'ya'ya maza biyu, Victor Gifford Audubon (1809-1860) da John Woodhouse Audubon (1812-1862).

Yayin da tattalin arziki ke gudana, Audubon ya zama wani bangare na kwarewa, yana ƙoƙarin aiki da yawa don tallafa wa iyalinsa. Ya kasance mai zane-zane mai hoto, ya koyar da ɗakunan karatu kuma ya shafe shekaru da yawa a matsayin mai ciniki. Ya kuma kafa gurasar gari da kuma aiki a taxidermy. A wannan lokacin ya yi tafiya sosai, yana ba da lokaci a Mississippi, Missouri, Alabama, Florida, Ohio da Louisiana. Ya taba yin aiki tare da 'yan asalin ƙasar Amirka, kuma ya ci gaba da nuna godiya sosai game da ilimin falsafancin su. Duk inda ya tafi, duk da haka, ya ci gaba da nazarin tsuntsaye, ya jawo su koyo game da halin su.

A 1812, yayin da yaki da Britaniya ya fara, Audubon ya ba da matsayin dan ƙasar Faransa kuma ya zama dan kasar Amurka.

A farkon shekarun 1820, Audubon ya fara mayar da hankali ga manufarsa na zanen kowane tsuntsu a Amurka. Ya yi tafiya har yanzu don neman samfurori konithological - tsuntsaye da ya nemi suyi karatu a hannu. Ya gabatar da samfurori ta amfani da wayoyi don yada su cikin matsayi masu dacewa, bisa la'akari da yadda yake da yadda yadda kowane tsuntsu ke motsawa kuma yayi aiki. A 1824, ya yi ƙoƙari ya wallafa aikinsa - wanda ya yi wa tsuntsayen da aka haife shi a Philadelphia, amma ba tare da nasara ba.

A 1826, Audubon ya tafi Ingila don ƙoƙarin sake bugawa, kuma daga bisani ya yi nasarar buga wallafe-wallafensa a cikin wani tsari, tare da masu biyan kuɗi don biyan haraji a yayin da aka gama. Ta haka ne, an buga tasirin 435 da suka ƙunshi bugun farko na Birds of America a cikin matakai daga 1827 zuwa 1838.

A cikin shekarun 1830, Audubon ya ci gaba da tafiya tsakanin Ingila da Amurka, ko da yaushe yana neman karin damar yin la'akari da tsuntsaye da bai taba gani dalla-dalla ba. Yayinda aikinsa ya ci gaba da samun karbuwa, girmansa ya karu kuma an ba shi kyauta mai yawa. A shekara ta 1839, ya sayi wani yanki a arewacin Manhattan, New York, daga nan ya ci gaba da tafiya don fadada sabon fitowar aikinsa, wanda ya hada da sababbin sasantawa ba ɓangare na bugu na baya ba.

Kodayake Audubon ya yi tattaki zuwa yammacin Amirka, kuma yana fata ya rubuta yawancin nau'o'in yammaci, lafiyarsa ba ta kasa kunne.

A 1848 ya fara nuna alamun bayyanar cututtuka, wanda wataƙila an gano shi a matsayin cutar Alzheimer a yau. Bayan mutuwarsa a 1851, an binne shi kusa da gidansa a Manhattan.

Taimakawa ga Birding

Duk lokacin rayuwarsa, John James Audubon ya kasance masanin halitta, masanin ilimin lissafi da kuma zane-zanen wasan kwaikwayo, kuma gudunmawarsa ga duniyar yau ba za a iya karuwa ba.

Tsuntsaye da ake kira Bayan John James Audubon

Duk da yadda yake da tasiri a kan asalin ilimin Amurka, wasu 'yan tsuntsaye sune suna da suna bayan Audubon, mafi girma da daraja ga kowane mai iya tunani kuma wanda ya tabbatar da cewa za a tuna da sunansa.

Hotuna - Raƙumin Gidan Jagora, Saurare na Audubon © Dan Pancamo