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Biographical entry Westwood, John Obadiah (1805 - 1893)
- Born
- 22 December 1805
Sheffield, England - Died
- 2 January 1893
- Occupation
- Entomologist
Summary
John Obadiah Westwood was the first Hope Professor at the University of Oxford, where he was Chair of Invertebrate Zoology. He made major contributions to the field of Australian entomology and wrote a great many articles between 1835 and 1864.
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Published resources
Books
- Musgrave, A., Bibliography of Australian Entomology, 1775-1930, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales., Sydney, 1932, 380 pp. Details
Online Resources
- National Library of Australia, 'Westwood, J O', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-866513. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 6 September 2005
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