William John Broderip

William Joseph Broderip

William John Broderip (born November 21, 1789 in Bristol , † February 27, 1859 in London ) was a British lawyer and zoologist ( malacologist ).

Broderip went to school in Bristol and studied at Oxford ( Oriel College ), among other things, anatomy, chemistry and mineralogy with a BA in 1812. He then went to law training at the Inner Temple in London. In 1817 he was admitted to the bar at Lincoln's Inn. First he was in the Western Circuit and from 1822 to 1846 magistrate at the Thames Police Court. He then spent ten years in the same capacity in Westminster Court before he had to give up his position due to hearing loss. In 1850 he was Bencher at Gray's Inn, in 1851 treasurer and he was also there librarian.

He was an avid collector, especially of conchylia . His collection was later acquired by the Natural History Museum . Many copies of the collection served William Swainson as models for his descriptions in his Exotic Conchology or figures and descriptions of rare, beautiful, or undescribed shells (1821/22). Broderip contributed to the Thesaurus Conchyliorum by George Brettingham Sowerby I (article on Cymba , Melo 1847).

In 1824 he became a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London , in 1825 the Geological Society of London and in 1828 a Fellow of the Royal Society . He was also one of the founders (with Stamford Raffles ) and a Fellow of the Zoological Society of London .

Fonts

• Zoological Recreations, 1847
• Leaves from the Note-book of a Naturalist, 1852.
• with Nicholas A. Vigors: Guide to the Gardens of the Zoological Society, 1829
• Hints for collecting Animals and their Products 1832

He wrote zoological articles for the Penny Cyclopaedia. In 1861 he wrote the historical introduction to the discussion of the Dodo by Richard Owen .

He also published legal works, for example a new edition of the commentary on the dyke legislation (Statute of Sewers) by Robert Callis.

literature

• George Clement Boase, in Dictionary of National Biography , wikisource