Which 17th/ 18th century British naturalist gave his name to a type of harrier?
Montagu's harrier Montagu's harrier The Montagu's harrier ("Circus pygargus") is a migratory bird of prey of the harrier family. Its common name commemorates the British naturalist George Montagu. The first formal description of Montagu's harrier was by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his "Systema Naturae" under the binomial name "Falco pygargus". The genus "Circus" was introduced by the French naturalist Bernard Germain de Lacépède in 1799. The genus name is derived from the Ancient Greek. "Circus" is from "kirkos", referring to a bird of prey named for its circling flight ("kirkos", "circle"), probably the hen
18th-century American piracy of British literature 18th-century American piracy of British literature 18th-century American piracy of British literature refers to the practice of reprinting British books in the United States without the permission of the original author or publisher. Plagiarism is traditionally defined as “the process of copying another person's idea or written work and claiming it as original” This definition applies to many aspects of written work in today’s world and has serious consequences if found guilty of committing it, but this idea has not always been in place. During the 18th century, it was extremely common for British Literature to be reprinted across the