Lewin, John William (1770 - 1819)

Summary

John Lewin came to Sydney in 1800 and produced two books in the colony, "Prodromus entomology ..." (1805) and "Birds of New South Wales" (1808, 1813, 1822, 1838) which are among the rarest early publications relating to Australia.

Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

• Australian Botanists - Biographies, MS 064; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales

• John William Lewin - Records, 1805 - 1808; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
• Linnean Society of New South Wales - Records, 1880s - 1920s, Pic Acc 2026; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection

• John William Lewin - Records, 1808 - 1940, MS 97; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details

Published resources

Books

• Lewin, J. W., Prodromus entomology: natural history of lepidopterous insects of New South Wales, collected, engraved and faithfully painted after nature (London: Thomas Lewin, 1805), 20 pp. Details
• Neville, Richard, Mr J W Lewin, Painter and Naturalist (Sydney: UNSW Press, 2012), 272 pp. Details
• Rienits, Rex and Rienits, Thea, Early Artists of Australia (Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1963), 246 pp. Details

Book Sections

• Foote, Yolanda, 'John William Lewin, 1770-1819' in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004). Details
• Mander-Jones, Phyllis, 'Lewin, John William (1770-1819), naturalist and artist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 2: 1788 - 1850 I-Z, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1967), pp. 111-112. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A020097b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Jones, Phyllis Mander, 'John William Lewin. A Memoir', Royal Australian Historical Society, 42 (4) (1956), 153-186. Details
• Mander-Jones, P., 'John William Lewin: a memoir', Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, 42 (1956), 153-73. Details
• Piggott, Louis J., 'John William Lewin's Birds of New South Wales: notes on the later editions', Archives of Natural History, 29 (3) (2002), 371-81. Details
• Wheeler, Alwynne and Thompson, Aileen, 'John William Lewin's watercolour and line drawings in the Linnean Society of London archives: their relationship to his career in New South Wales and Tahiti', Archives of Natural History, 23 (3) (1996), 369-84. Details
• Whitley, Gilbert P., 'Some Early Naturalists and Collectors in Australia', Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, xix (1933), 291-304. Details

Resources

• Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q6244729. Details
• VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/91414544. Details
• 'Lewin, J W (1770-18190827)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-466315. Details

See also

• MacInnis, Peter, Curious Minds: the Discoveries of Australian Naturalists (Canberra: National Library of Australia, 2012), 213 pp. Details
• Maiden, J. H., 'Records of Australian botanists:- (a) general; (b) New South Wales', Journal and Proceedings of The Royal Society of New South Wales, 42 (1908), 60-132. Details
• Maiden, J. H., 'Records of Australian botanists (second supplement)', Journal and Proceedings of The Royal Society of New South Wales, 55 (1921), 150-169. Details
• Serle, Percival, Dictionary of Australian biography (Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1949). Details