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See also:BRODERIP, 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 See also:JOHN (1789–1859) , See also:English naturalist, was See also:born in See also:Bristol on the 21st of See also:November 1789. After graduating at See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford he was called to the See also:bar in 1817, and for some years was engaged in See also:law-See also:reporting. In 1822 he was appointed a See also:metropolitan See also:police See also:magistrate, and filled that See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office until 1856, first at the See also:Thames police See also:court and then at See also:Westminster. His leisure was devoted to natural See also:history, and his writings did much to further the study of See also:zoology in See also:England. The zoological articles in the See also:Penny Cyclopaedia were written by him, and a See also:series of articles contributed to See also:Fraser's See also:Magazine were reprinted in r848 as Zoological Recreations, and were followed in 1852 by Leaves from the See also:Note-See also:book of a Naturalist. He was one of the founders of the Zoological Society of See also:London, and a large collection of shells which he formed was ultimately bought by the See also:British Museum. He died in London on the 27th of See also:February 1859.
End of Article: BRODERIP, WILLIAM JOHN (1789–1859)
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