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Sydney Parkinson
Scottish botanical illustrator and natural history artist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the English boxer, see Sidney Parkinson.
Sydney Parkinson (c. 1745 – 26 January 1771) was a Scottish botanical illustrator and natural history artist. He was the first European artist to visit Australia, New Zealand and Tahiti.[1] Parkinson was the first Quaker to visit New Zealand.[2] The standard author abbreviation Parkinson is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[3]