Silvester Diggles

Silvester Diggles
Portrait of Silvester Diggles, Australia, c. 1875
Born
Silvester Diggles

(1817-01-24)24 January 1817
Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Died21 March 1880(1880-03-21) (aged 63)
Kangaroo Point, Brisbane, Australia
Occupations
  • Artist
  • musician
  • amateur ornithologist
  • entomologist
Spouses
  • Eliza Bradley
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    (m. 1839; died 1857)​
  • Albina Birkett
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    (m. 1858)​

Silvester Diggles (24 January 1817 – 21 March 1880) was a British-born Australian artist and musician, as well as being a noted amateur ornithologist and entomologist. His locally-produced publishing ventures to describe and illustrate the birds of Australia are a testament to his skills and tenacity as an artist and naturalist.

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