Person
Legrand, William (1816? - 1902)
- Born
- 1816?
- Died
- 1 July 1902
New Town, Tasmania, Australia - Occupation
- Conchologist
Summary
William Legrand was a book seller in Hobart who was interested in natural history, particularly conchology. In 1870 he produced a book on Tasmanian land shells, of which very few copies are known. This book was a precursor to Legrand's Collections for a monograph of Tasmanian land shells (1871). In producing these books Legrand relied on the work of New South Wales conchologists James Charles Cox and John William Brazier.
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Published resources
Books
- Legrand, W., Catalogue of Tasmanian land shells (Hobart Town: Legrand, 1870), 22 pp. Details
- Legrand, W., Collections for a monograph of Tasmanian land shells (Hobart Town: Legrand, 1871), 42 pp. Details
Journal Articles
- Burn, Robert, 'William Legrand: the sesqui-centenary of his 1870 Catalogue of Tasmanian land shells', MSA newsletter, 175 (2020), 7-9. Details
- Holloway, Joan,, 'Curiosity, Collections and William Legrand: Aspects of a Tasmanian Career, 1855 to 1902', Tasmanian Historical Studies, 13 (2008), 83-110 . Details
- Iredale, Tom, 'A home-made book on shells', Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, 1956/7 (1958), 58-61. Details
- Kershaw, R. C., 'A molluscan milestone', Tasmanian naturalist, 25 (1971), 6-7. Details
Theses
- Holloway, Joan, 'William Legrand: a study', PhD thesis, University of Queensland, 2011, 389 pp. Details
Helen Cohn
Created: 2 September 2025