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Yarrell, William, 1784-1856

LC control no.no2003084575
Descriptive conventionsrda
Personal name headingYarrell, William, 1784-1856
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Associated countryGreat Britain
Birth date1784
Death date1856
Field of activityZoology
Profession or occupationZoologists Ornithologists
Found inOn a new species of wild swan, 1833: caption (William Yarrell)
National Portrait Gallery website, 8/22/2003 (William Yarrell (1784-1856), zoologist)
Darwin, F. The life and letters of Charles Darwin, 1905: p. 182 (William Yarrell, well-known for his 'History of British Birds' and 'History of British Fishes,' was born in 1784; inherited from his father a newsagent's business, to which he steadily adhered up to his death, in his 73rd year)
Associated languageeng