William Sharp Macleay
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1792 – 1865
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Who was William Sharp Macleay?
William Sharp Macleay was a British civil servant and entomologist.
After graduating, he worked for the British embassy in Paris, following his interest in natural history at the same time, publishing essays on insects and corresponding with Charles Darwin.
Macleay moved to Havana, Cuba, where he was in turn commissioner of arbitration, commissary judge and then judge. Retiring from this work, he emigrated to Australia where he continued to collect insects and studied marine natural history.
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- Born
- Jul 21, 1792
London - Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Education
- Westminster School
- Died
- Jan 26, 1865
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on July 23, 2013
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