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Genevieve Estelle Jones
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'''Genevieve Estelle Jones''' (1847 – August 17, 1879) was an American amateur naturalist and artist, known as "the other [[John James Audubon|Audubon]]".<ref></ref>
The daughter of Nelson E. Jones, a doctor, and [[Virginia Smith Jones]], she was born in [[Circleville, Ohio]] and attended [[high school]] there. From her father, she learned about [[natural history]] and acquired an interest in birds. She was impressed by the paintings by Audubon from ''[[The Birds of America]]'' on display at the [[Centennial Exposition]] in [[Philadelphia]] in 1876 and was inspired to initiate an illustrated study of the birds and bird nests of [[Ohio]].<ref name=weidman></ref><ref name=wisc/>
Jones died of [[typhoid fever]] in 1879<ref name=weidman/> with the work still incomplete. Her mother and brother Dr. Howard Jones worked to complete the project.<ref></ref> ''[[Illustrations of the Nests and Eggs of Birds of Ohio]]'' was published in 1886.<ref></ref>
A biography ''America's other Audubon'' was published in 1947.<ref name=wisc></ref>
== References ==
[[Category:1847 births]]
[[Category:1879 deaths]]
[[Category:American naturalists]]
[[Category:American women artists]]
[[Category:Artists from Ohio]]
[[Category:Deaths from cholera]]
The daughter of Nelson E. Jones, a doctor, and [[Virginia Smith Jones]], she was born in [[Circleville, Ohio]] and attended [[high school]] there. From her father, she learned about [[natural history]] and acquired an interest in birds. She was impressed by the paintings by Audubon from ''[[The Birds of America]]'' on display at the [[Centennial Exposition]] in [[Philadelphia]] in 1876 and was inspired to initiate an illustrated study of the birds and bird nests of [[Ohio]].<ref name=weidman></ref><ref name=wisc/>
Jones died of [[typhoid fever]] in 1879<ref name=weidman/> with the work still incomplete. Her mother and brother Dr. Howard Jones worked to complete the project.<ref></ref> ''[[Illustrations of the Nests and Eggs of Birds of Ohio]]'' was published in 1886.<ref></ref>
A biography ''America's other Audubon'' was published in 1947.<ref name=wisc></ref>
== References ==
[[Category:1847 births]]
[[Category:1879 deaths]]
[[Category:American naturalists]]
[[Category:American women artists]]
[[Category:Artists from Ohio]]
[[Category:Deaths from cholera]]
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