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William Chapman Hewitson

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204: 33: 103:. His collection of butterflies, collected by him as well as purchased from travellers throughout the world, was one of the largest and most important of his time. He contributed to and published many works on entomology and ornithology and was an accomplished scientific illustrator. 218:
British Oology: Being Illustrations of the Eggs of British Birds, With Figures of Each Species, As Far As Practicable, Drawn and Coloured from Nature: Accompanied by Descriptions of the Materials and Situation of Their Nests, Number of Eggs,
127:. Delicate health and the accession to an ample fortune through the death of a relative led him to give up his profession and he afterwards devoted himself to scientific studies. He lived for a time at 433: 342:
Catalogue of the Collection of Diurnal Lepidoptera Formed by the Late William Chapman Hewitson, of Otlands, Walton-On Thames; and Bequeathed by Him to the British Museum
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Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies, Selected Chiefly from the Collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson
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Descriptions of New Indian Lepidopterous Insects: From the Collection of the Late Mr. W.S. Atkinson, M.A., F.L.S., &c
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Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham, and New Castle Upon Tyne
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Specimen of a Catalogue of Lycaenidae in the British Museum by W.C. Hewitson
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Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham and Newcastle upon Tyne
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Published for the author, by Charles Empson, Newcastle upon Tyne.
112: 87:. A wealthy collector, Hewitson was particularly devoted to 244:. London: John Van Voorst. Volume 1 Text Volume 2 plates. 258:
Descriptions of One Hundred New Species of Hesperidae
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Newcastle upon Tyne
Oatlands Park
Surrey
naturalist
Coleoptera
Lepidoptera
birds' nests
eggs
York
land-surveyor
George Stephenson
London and Birmingham Railway
Bristol
Hampstead
Oatlands Park
Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham and Newcastle upon Tyne
Entomological Society of London
Zoological Society
Linnean Society
Jean Baptiste Boisduval
Baron Cajetan von Felder
John Edward Gray
William Wilson Saunders
Alfred Russel Wallace

British Oology: Being Illustrations of the Eggs of British Birds, With Figures of Each Species, As Far As Practicable, Drawn and Coloured from Nature: Accompanied by Descriptions of the Materials and Situation of Their Nests, Number of Eggs, &c.
Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies, Selected Chiefly from the Collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson
John Van Voorst
Illustrations of Diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae

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