Person
Westwood, John Obadiah (1805 - 1893)
- Born
- 22 December 1805
Sheffield, England - Died
- 2 January 1893
- Occupation
- Entomologist
Summary
John Westwood was the first Hope Professor at the University of Oxford, where he was Chair of Invertebrate Zoology. He made major contributions to the field of Australian entomology and wrote a great many articles between 1835 and 1864.
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Published resources
Books
- Musgrave, A., Bibliography of Australian entomology, 1775-1930: with biographical notes on authors and collectors (Sydney: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, 1932), 380 pp. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1236294. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/64107143. Details
- 'Westwood, J O (1805-1893)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-866513. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 2 March 2018
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