Biographies of the Entomologists of the World details

Name: West, William
Date of birth: 1836-01-18
Place of birth: Rotherhithe (South London)
Date of death: 1920-06-30
Place of death: Harringay (North London)
Gender: male
Professions: Metallurge / Hüttenkundler
Specialisms: Coleoptera; Hemiptera =Auchenorrhyncha, Sternorrhyncha, Heteroptera, Coleorrhyncha; Lepidoptera; Orthoptera
Collection: Hemiptera 1919 an Brit. Mus. (N.H.) London, Coleoptera 1919 an S. R. Ashby/Headstone.
Citations:

Chandler, P. J. 2021: William West (1836-1920), the first curator British Journal of Entomology and Natural History, London 34 (1), S. 35-68, 10 207

Chandler, P. 2022: The South London was the Society to Join. British Journal of Entomology and Natural History, London 35 (Suppl.), S. 14-16, 10 207

Harvey, J. M. V.; Gilbert, P.; Martin, K. 1996: A catalogue of manuscripts in the entomology library of the Natural History Museum, London. Mansell, London, xvi, 251 S., A 3755, pp. 218

Salmon, M. A. 2000: The Aurelian Legacy. British Butterflies and their Collectors. Martins, Great Horkesley : Harley Books, 1-432 S., B15: B 2518, pp. 172-173, Portr.

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