William Spence
bap. 1782 d. 1860
Entomologist and polical economist. A founder of the Entomological Society of London, 1833; president, 1847–8. Author, with William Kirby, of Introduction to entomology (1815–26). FRS 1834.
Sources
Gilbert 1977
ODNB
Bibliography
Gilbert, Pamela. 1977. A compendium of the biographical literature on deceased entomologists. London: British Museum (Natural History).
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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