William Chapman Hewitson
1806–78
Naturalist. Worked as a land surveyor, circa 1828–45, after which he devoted his time to scientific research. Co-founder of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham and Newcastle upon Tyne, 1829. Specialised in the diurnal Lepidoptera and formed one of the most complete collections in the world; published Genera of diurnal lepidoptera (1846–52) with Edward Doubleday. Also wrote on ornithology and oology.
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Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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