Emperor John Alexander Woodford

Emperor John Alexander Woodford (1764–1817) was a British Army officer, early fellow of the Linnean Society of London, botanist, ornithologist and bird-related art collector, whose library of over 1,700 valuable books was sold by auction in 1809 following a scandalous misappropriation of public funds. His first name of Emperor is not a title but a family name derived from his mother's maiden name.

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