The Reverend James Bulwer was an English collector, naturalist and conchologist. Bulwer was born at Aylsham in Norfolk and studied at Jesus College, Cambridge. During his time at Cambridge he took drawing lessons from the famous landscape artist John Sell Cotman, and became a fellow of the Linnean Society due to his interest in mollusks, one of his three proposers being William Elford Leach. In 1818 he was made a deacon and in 1822 a priest.

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  • The Reverend James Bulwer was an English collector, naturalist and conchologist. Bulwer was born at Aylsham in Norfolk and studied at Jesus College, Cambridge. During his time at Cambridge he took drawing lessons from the famous landscape artist John Sell Cotman, and became a fellow of the Linnean Society due to his interest in mollusks, one of his three proposers being William Elford Leach. In 1818 he was made a deacon and in 1822 a priest. In 1823 he became curate of Booterstown in Dublin, moving to Bristol in 1831 and St James's Chapel, Piccadilly in 1833. He spent several winters travelling in Spain, Portugal and the Madeira Islands, sometimes in the company of the philosopher and traveller Alfred Lyall. In the spring of 1825 Bulwer collected a specimen of an unknown petrel in the Madeira Islands. This was described by William Jardine and P. J. Selby in 1828 and given the common name of Bulwer's Petrel. The petrel genus of Bulweria was also named for him. Bulwer left London in 1839 and moved back to Norfolk, becoming curate of Blickling and later Hunworth. He renewed his acquaintance with Cotman when his sons attended King's College School, and several of his sketches of Spain and Madeira inspired Cotman's watercolours.
  • Le révérend James Bulwer est un collectionneur, un naturaliste et un conchyliologiste britannique, né le 21 mars 1794 à Aylsham, Norfolk et mort le 11 juin 1879. Il fait ses études au Jesus College de l’université de Cambridge. Durant ses études, il prend des leçons de dessin auprès du peintre de paysage John Sell Cotman (1782-1842). Ses intérêts pour les mollusques le conduisent à devenir membre de la Société linnéenne de Londres; l’un de ses trois parrains n’est autre que William Elford Leach (1790-1836). En 1818, il devient diacre et en 1822 prêtre. En 1823, il reçoit la cure de Booterstown à Dublin, part à Bristol en 1831 et à la chapelle St James de Piccadilly. Il voyage plusieurs fois en Espagne, au Portugal et dans l’archipel de Madère, parfois en compagnie du philosophe et voyageur Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall (1835-1911). Au printemps de 1825, Bulwer récolte un spécimen d’une pétrel inconnue à Madère. Elle est décrite par Sir William Jardine (1800-1874) et Prideaux John Selby (1788-1887) en 1828 qui lui dédie le genre Bulweria et cette espèce Bulweria bulwerii ou pétrel de Bulwer. Bulwer quitte Londres en 1839 et retourne dans le Norfolk où il devient curé de Blickling puis d’Hunworth. Il renoue avec J.S. Cotman lorsque plusieurs de ses fils entre au King's College School de Wimbledon. Ses descriptions de l’Espagne et de Madère inspirent à plusieurs occasions Cotman.
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  • The Reverend James Bulwer was an English collector, naturalist and conchologist. Bulwer was born at Aylsham in Norfolk and studied at Jesus College, Cambridge. During his time at Cambridge he took drawing lessons from the famous landscape artist John Sell Cotman, and became a fellow of the Linnean Society due to his interest in mollusks, one of his three proposers being William Elford Leach. In 1818 he was made a deacon and in 1822 a priest.
  • Le révérend James Bulwer est un collectionneur, un naturaliste et un conchyliologiste britannique, né le 21 mars 1794 à Aylsham, Norfolk et mort le 11 juin 1879. Il fait ses études au Jesus College de l’université de Cambridge. Durant ses études, il prend des leçons de dessin auprès du peintre de paysage John Sell Cotman (1782-1842).
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