| LC control no. | n 95056942 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Macleay, William Sharp, 1792-1865 |
| Variant(s) | McLeay, William Sharp, 1792-1865 |
| Associated country | Great Britain Cuba Australia |
| Birth date | 1792-07-21 |
| Death date | 1865-01-26 |
| Field of activity | Civil service Entomology |
| Profession or occupation | Civil servant Entomologists |
| Found in | Fanny to William, c1993: p. iv, etc. (William Sharp Macleay; 1792-1865) Wikipedia, viewed 17 Oct. 2016 (William Sharp Macleay or McLeay (21 July 1792 - 26 January 1865) was a British civil servant and entomologist. After graduating, he worked for the British embassy in Paris, following his interest in natural history at the same time, publishing essays on insects and corresponding with Charles Darwin. Macleay moved to Havana, Cuba, where he was in turn commissioner of arbitration, commissary judge and then judge. Retiring from this work, he emigrated to Australia where he continued to collect insects and studied marine natural history.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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