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See also:YARRELL, See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
WILLIAM (1784–1856) , See also:British naturalist, was See also:born in See also:London on the 3rd of See also:June 1784. His See also:father was a newspaper See also:agent, and he succeeded to the business, and prosecuted it till within a few years of his See also:death. He acquired the reputation of being the best shot and the first See also:angler in the See also:metropolis, and soon also became an See also:expert naturalist. In 1825 he was elected a See also:fellow of the Linnean Society, of which he subsequently became treasurer, and was a diligent contributor to their Transactions; and he was one of the See also:original members of the Zoological Society. The greater See also:part of his leisure towards the end of his See also:life was devoted to his two See also:great See also:works, The See also:History of British Fishes (2 vols., 1836) and The History of British Birds (2 v01s., 1843). These works from the first took See also:rank as See also:standard authorities. He died at See also:Yarmouth on the 1st of See also:September 1856.
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