| 词条 | James William Abert |
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|name=James William Abert |image=Abert James William 1820-1897.png |caption= |birth_date= {{Birth date|1820|11|18}} |death_date= {{Death date and age|1897|08|10|1820|11|18}} |birth_place=Mount Holly Township, New Jersey |death_place=Newport, Kentucky |placeofburial=Evergreen Cemetery (Southgate, Kentucky) |placeofburial_label= |nickname= |allegiance={{flag|United States of America|1837}} |branch={{army|USA}} |serviceyears=1842–1864 |rank=Major Brevet Lieutenant Colonel |unit=Corps of Topographical Engineers |commands= |battles= |awards= |relations= |laterwork= }} James William Abert (November 18, 1820 – August 10, 1897) was an American soldier, explorer, bird collector and topographical artist. Early lifeAbert, the son of John James Abert,[1] was born in Mount Holly Township, New Jersey, and graduated from West Point in 1842. Military careerAbert joined the Corps of Topographical Engineers, which was headed by his father,[1] in 1843. He joined several expeditions into the west, including John Frémont's third expedition, and illustrated these expeditions reports with his sketches. He was also put in charge of a detachment to map the Canadian River. In 1846 he was sent west to join the army of General Kearney in the war against Mexico, returning to Fort Leavenworth in the following year. It was during this time that he acquired a new species of bird, which was named the Abert's towhee in his honour. During the American Civil War, he served on the staffs of Robert Patterson, Nathaniel P. Banks and Quincy A. Gillmore. He was wounded during the Maryland Campaign, and retired from the Army in June 1864. Later lifeAfter the Civil War, he became a professor of English literature, mathematics and drawing at the University of Missouri. His original watercolors are now privately owned. References1. ^1 U.S. Corps of Tophographical Engineers {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801234355/http://www.topogs.org/b_abertjw.html |date=2015-08-01 }}
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10 : 1820 births|1897 deaths|American explorers|Union Army colonels|United States Military Academy alumni|University of Missouri faculty|Artists from Columbia, Missouri|People from Mount Holly, New Jersey|People of New Jersey in the American Civil War|Explorers of Oregon |
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