| LC control no. | no 97061916 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Westell, W. Percival (William Percival), 1874-1943 |
| Variant(s) | Westell, William Percival, 1874-1943 Westell, W. Percival (William Percival), 1874-1937 |
| Associated country | England |
| Birth date | 1874-12-21 |
| Death date | 1943-11-01 |
| Place of death | Letchworth (England) |
| Field of activity | Natural history |
| Profession or occupation | Museum curators |
| Found in | Nature's wonderland, ca. 1910: t.p. (W. Percival Westell, F.L.S., author of "Bird studies", "The boy's own nature book", "The boy's book of pets" etc.) Naturecraft readers, 1942: t.p. (W. Percival Westell, F.L.S., F.R.S.A., F.S.A.Scot.) OCLC database, Oct. 9, 1997 (hdg.: Westell, W. Percival (William Percival), 1874-1937) The times, 2 Nov., 1943: p. 6 (obituary: Mr. W.P. Westell; Mr. William Percival Westell; widely known as a lecturer and writer on natural history, died at Letchworth early yesterday, at the age of 68; born on December 21, 1874; since 1914 he had been curator of the museum at Letchworth; he wrote a very large number of books of popular natural history, many of which were intended for schoolchildren) |
| Associated language | eng |
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