William Spence (entomologist)
William Spence (* baptized 1782 in Bishop Burton , † January 6, 1860 ) was a British entomologist and economist .
Life
Spence was the son of a Yorkshire farmer and trained as a businessman. In 1804 he married Elizabeth Blundell and started a successful oil and paint company with his brother-in-law Henry. Around the same time he began to be interested in insects and corresponded with the entomologist William Kirby , with whom he published a very successful popular science introduction to entomology from 1815 to 1826 (Introduction to Entomology, 4 volumes). He also published entomological articles and on trade (Tracts on Political Economy 1822). Spence lived in Kingston upon Hull and published a newspaper there (Hull Rockingham).
In 1834 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society . In 1833 he was one of the founders of the Royal Entomological Society of London and in 1847 its president. In 1851 he became a member of the Leopoldina . When La Société Cuvierienne was founded in 1838 , he was one of the 140 founding members of the society.
The art dealer and painter William Blundell Spence (1814–1900) was his son. He lived in Florence and painted alpine landscapes.
literature
- JFM Clark: Spence, William (bap. 1782, d. 1860), Dictionary of National Biography 2004
- Société Cuvierienne: List of the Premiers Fondateurs de La Société Cuvierienne, Association universelle pour l'avancement de la Zoologie, de L'Anatomie comparée et de la Palaeontologie . In: Revue Zoologique par La Société Cuvierienne . tape 1 , 1838, p. 189-192 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
Individual evidence
- ^ List of members Leopoldina, William Spence
- ^ Société Cuvierienne, p. 192.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Spence, William |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British entomologist and economist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | baptized 1782 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bishop Burton |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 6, 1860 |