Biographical entry Macleay, William Sharp (1792 - 1865)

Summary

William Sharp Macleay was well known in England as a scientist and wrote on entomology and natural history. He emigrated to New South Wales in 1839 and continued his scientific enquiries becoming closely associated with the Australian Museum, Sydney.

Archival resources

The Linnean Society of New South Wales

• William Sharp Macleay - Records, 1837 - 1859; The Linnean Society of New South Wales. Details

Macleay Museum, University of Sydney

• William Sharp Macleay - Records, 1800 - 1865; Macleay Museum, University of Sydney. Details

Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales

• Clarke Family Papers - Records, 1789 - 1879, ML MSS 139; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
• Linnean Society of London - Records, 1792 - 1870, FM 4/2699; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
• Linnean Society of New South Wales - Records, 1826 - 1970, ML MSS 2009; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
• William Sharp Macleay - Records, 1842 - 1863, A5378; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

Published resources

Books

• Musgrave, A., Bibliography of Australian Entomology, 1775-1930, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales., Sydney, 1932, 380 pp. Details

Book Sections

• Clark, J. F. M., 'William Sharp Macleay, 1792-1865', in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2004. Details
• MacMillan, David S., 'MacLeay, William Sharp (1792-1865), scholar and naturalist', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 2, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1967, pp. 182-183. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A020158b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Di Gregorio, Mario A., 'The Uniqueness of Charles Darwin: His Reading of W.S.Macleay's Horae Entomologicae', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 11, no. 2, 1996, pp. 103-117. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9961120103.htm. Details
• Holland, Julian, 'Diminishing Circles: W.S. Macleay in Sydney, 1839-1865', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 11, no. 2, 1996, pp. 119-147. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9961120119.htm. Details
• Maiden, J.H., 'Records of Australian Botanists - (a) General, (b) New South Wales', Journal and Proceedings of The Royal Society of New South Wales, vol. xlii, 1908, pp. 60-132. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Macleay, William Sharp', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1088098. Details