William Chapman Hewitson
William Chapman Hewitson (born January 9, 1806 in Newcastle upon Tyne , † May 28, 1878 ) was a British entomologist and ornithologist .
Life
Hewitson grew up in York and was originally a land surveyor, who at times also worked for George Stephenson's railway line from London to Birmingham . After a rich inheritance (and for health reasons), he gave up his profession and devoted himself to the natural sciences. He lived in Bristol and Hampstead (London) and from 1848 on his newly built country estate in Oatlands Park in Surrey .
Hewitson was a wealthy collector of insects (butterflies, beetles), but also of birds and bird eggs. His butterfly collection (especially butterflies) was one of the most extensive of his time and he had naturalists all over the world collect for it. He was also a very good illustrator of his collections. He bequeathed his collections to the Natural History Museum . His library went to the Natural History Society of Newcastle, of which he was a member, and he also bequeathed a large sum to the Muller Institute in Bristol. In addition to books about butterflies, he also published books about bird eggs.
In 1848 he married, but was soon a widower and left no children.
Memberships
In 1846 Hewitson was introduced by Edward Doubleday as member number 304 of the Société cuviérienne . In 1846 he became a member of the Entomological Society, in 1859 the Zoological Society and in 1862 the Linnean Society of London .
Fonts
- British Zoology: being illustrations of the eggs of British birds, with figures of each species, as far as practicable, drawn and colored from nature: accompanied by descriptions of the materials and situation of their nests, number of eggs, Newcastle upon Tyne: Charles Empson, 3 volumes, 1833 to 1842
- Colored Illustrations of eggs of British birds, 2 volumes 1846, 3rd edition 1856
- with E. Doubleday: The genera of diurnal lepidoptera, 1846
- Illustrations of new species of exotic Butterflies, selected chiefly from the Collections of W.Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson, London: Van Voorst, 5 volumes, 1851 to 1876
- Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, 2 volumes, London: Van Voorst, 1863, 1878
- Specimen of a catalog of Lycaenidae in the British Museum, London: British Museum 1862
- Descriptions of one Hundred new Species of Hesperidae, London: Van Voorst, 1867
- Descriptions of some New Species of Lycænidæ, 1868.
- Equatorial Lepidoptera, 1869, 1870
- Bolivian Butterflies 1874
- Rhoplaocera, in: Descriptions of new Indian lepidopterous insects from the collection of the late Mr. WS Atkinson, Calcutta: Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1879 to 1888
literature
- Société Cuvierienne: Nouveaux membres admis dans la Société curvienne . In: Revue Zoologique par La Société Cuvierienne . tape 9 , 1846, pp. 384 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Société cuviérienne, p. 384.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hewitson, William Chapman |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British entomologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 9, 1806 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 28, 1878 |