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See also:MACGILLIVRAY, 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 (1796-1852) , Scottish naturalist, was See also:born at See also:Aberdeen on the 25th of See also:January 1796. At See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King's See also:College, Aberdeen, he graduated in 1815, and also studied See also:medicine, but did not See also:complete the latter course. In 1823 he became assistant to R. See also:Jameson, See also:professor of natural See also:history in See also:Edinburgh University; and in 1831 he, was appointed See also:curator of the museum of the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh, a See also:post
which he resigned in 1841 to become professor of natural history and lecturer on See also:botany in Marischal College, Aberdeen. He died at Aberdeen on the 4th of See also:September 1852. He possessed a wide and comprehensive knowledge of natural See also:science, gained no less from See also:personal observations in different parts of See also:Scotland than from a study of collections and books. His See also:industry and extensive knowledge are amply shown in his published See also:works. He assisted J. J. See also:Audubon in his classical works on the Birds of See also:America, and edited W. Withering's See also:British See also:Plants. His larger works include See also:biographies of A. von See also:Humboldt, and of zoologists from See also:Aristotle to See also:Linnaeus, a History of British Quadrupeds, a History of the Molluscous Animals of Aberdeen, See also:Banff and Kincardine, a See also:Manual of British See also:Ornithology, and a History of British Birds, in 5 vols. (1837–1852). The last See also:work holds a high See also:rank from the excellent descriptions of the structure, habits and haunts of birds, and from the use in See also:classification of characters afforded by their anatomical structure. His Natural History of Deeside, posthumously published by command of See also:Queen See also:Victoria, was the result of a sojourn in the See also:highlands of See also:Aberdeenshire in 185o. He made large collections, alike for the instruction of his students and to illustrate the See also:zoology, botany and See also:geology of the parts of Scotland examined by him, especially around Aberdeen, and a number of his See also:original See also:water-See also:colour drawings are preserved in the British Museum (Natural History).
His eldest son, See also:JOHN MACGILLIVRAY (1822-1867), published an See also:account of the voyage See also:round the See also:world of H.M.S. " See also:Rattlesnake," on See also:board of which he was naturalist. Another son, See also:PAUL, published an Aberdeen See also:Flora in 1853.
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