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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2025-11-20 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000608b.htm person Macleay William John AACR2 13 June 1820 7 December 1891 Place of Birth Wick, Scotland Place of Death Elizabeth Bay, New South Wales, Australia Naturalist Entomologist Sir William John Macleay, a New South Wales pastoralist, politician and scientist, was the founder of the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney and helped to found the Entomological Society of New South Wales. He wrote widely on entomology, icthyology and zoology. 1878 1878 Award - Elected as an Honorary Member, Adelaide Philosophical Society Brazier, John William (1842 - 1930) Macleay Museum (1892 - )

Macleay established the Museum at the University of Sydney 1892

 Chevert Expedition (1875)

Led and financed the Expedition

 The University of Sydney (1850 - )

William Macleay was the founder of the Macleay Museum at The University of Sydney.

 Linnean Macleay Fellowship (1905 - )

The Fellowship is funded from a bequest of Macleay to the Linnean Society of New South Wales

 Adelaide Philosophical Society (1853 - 1880)

Elected as an Honorary Member 1878

 Onslow, Arthur Alexander Walton (1833 - 1882)

Macleay and Onslow were cousins

 Skuse, Frederick Arthur Askew (c. 1866 - 1896)

Macleay employed Skuse to describe the diptera of Australia.

 McLeay, Alexander (1767 - 1848)

William John Macleay was Alexander's nephew

 Fletcher, Joseph James (1850 - 1926)

Fletcher was Macleay's executor

 Alleyne, Haynes Gibbes (1814 - 1882)

Published on the fishes of the Chevert Expedition with William J. Macleay

 Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales (1863 - 1873)

Contributor, and financed production of the Transactions

 Entomological Society of New South Wales [I] (1862 - 1873)

President 1862 - 1873

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 Macleay, William John (1820-1891)

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 'Macleay, William John', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Macleay, William John Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Edited Book: Mr Macleay's celebrated cabinet: the history of the Macleays and their museum Stanbury, Peter and Holland, Julian Mr Macleay's celebrated cabinet: the history of the Macleays and their museum Sydney Macleay Museum, University of Sydney 1988 Edited Book: The Macleay Memorial Volume Fletcher, J. J. The Macleay Memorial Volume Sydney Linnean Society of New South Wales 1893 Book: Bibliography of Australian entomology, 1775-1930: with biographical notes on authors and collectors Musgrave, A. Bibliography of Australian entomology, 1775-1930: with biographical notes on authors and collectors Sydney Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1932 Book: The Macleay Collectors: a Working Notebook Tilbrook, Louis The Macleay Collectors: a Working Notebook Sydney The Macleay Museum 1992 Book Section: Sir William John Macleay, 1820-1891 Brodie, Marc Sir William John Macleay, 1820-1891 Oxford Oxford University Press 2004 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Journal Article: Notes on zoological collections made in Torres Straits and New Guinea during the cruise of the Chevert Macleay, W. Notes on zoological collections made in Torres Straits and New Guinea during the cruise of the Chevert 1875 Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 36-40 Journal Article: The lizards of the Chevert Expedition Macleay, William The lizards of the Chevert Expedition 1877 Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 1 60-8 Journal Article: The insects to the Fly River, New Guinea: Coleoptera Macleay, William [J.] The insects to the Fly River, New Guinea: Coleoptera 1886 Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales ser. 2 1 136-204 Journal Article: The ichthyology of the Chevert Expedition Alleyne, Haynes Gibbes and Macleay, William The ichthyology of the Chevert Expedition 1877 Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 261-8, 321-59 Book: A Squatter Went to Sea. The story of Sir William Macleay's New Guinea Expedition and his life in Sydney MacMillan, David S. A Squatter Went to Sea. The story of Sir William Macleay's New Guinea Expedition and his life in Sydney Sydney Currawong Publishing Co. 1957 Journal Article: William John Macleay - Entomological Lion? Horning, D. S. William John Macleay - Entomological Lion? 1992 Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 113 3-14 Book Section: Alexander, William Sharp, and William John Macleay: their Ornithology and Museum Fulton, G. R. Alexander, William Sharp, and William John Macleay: their Ornithology and Museum Cambridge, Massachusetts Nuttall Ornithological Club 2012 Contributions to the History of Australasian Ornithology, volume 2 Davis, William E., Recher, Harry F. and Boles, Walter E. 327-93 Journal Article: Macleay's choice: transacting the natural history trade in the nineteenth century Ville, Simon; Wright, Claire; and Philip, Jude Macleay's choice: transacting the natural history trade in the nineteenth century 2020 Journal of the history of biology 53 3 345-75 Journal Article: Presidential address Haswell, W. A. Presidential address 1892 Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, ns 6 706-22 Journal Article: The Society's heritage from the Macleays, part ii Fletcher, J. J.; edited by A. B. Walkom The Society's heritage from the Macleays, part ii 1929 Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales liv 3 185-272 Book: Taste and science : the women of the Macleay family, 1790-1850 Windshuttle, Elizabeth Taste and science : the women of the Macleay family, 1790-1850 Glebe, N.S.W. Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales 1988 Book: Malaysian plant collectors and collections: being a cyclopaedia of botanical exploration in Malaysia and a guide to the concerned literature up to the year 1950 Van Steenis-Kruseman, M. J. Malaysian plant collectors and collections: being a cyclopaedia of botanical exploration in Malaysia and a guide to the concerned literature up to the year 1950 Djakarta Noordhoff-Kolff NV 1950 Book: Dictionary of Australian biography Serle, Percival Dictionary of Australian biography Sydney Angus & Robertson 1949 Journal Article: Notes on the mammals collected on the Chevert Expedition, to New Guinea, in 1875 Fulton, Graham R. Notes on the mammals collected on the <span style="font-style:italic">Chevert</span> Expedition, to New Guinea, in 1875 2018 Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 140 1-6 William John Macleay - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales William John Macleay - Records ML MSS 565 1805 - 1859 Various records 1856-94 including correspondence with R. Bourke [ML MSS 565]. William John Macleay - Records The Linnean Society of New South Wales William John Macleay - Records 1860 - 1881 Journal of the "Chevert" expedition to New Guinea 1875 (incomplete account); diaries 1874-77, 1879-81; letters, medals, relics, manuscripts of published papers, accounts and receipts c1860-75. William John Macleay - Records Macleay Museum, University of Sydney William John Macleay - Records 1870 - 1890 Logbook of proceedings on board the "Chevert" from Sydney to New Guinea 1875; miscellaneous papers and correspondence with the University of Sydney c1870-90; microfilm copies of diaries held by the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Microform Australian Botanists - Biographies Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science Australian Botanists - Biographies MS 064 Hunt Institute Biographies. Short biographies, averaging 2 pages, of Australian botanists, botanical collectors or artists. 0.24 m, 3 boxes Linnean Society of New South Wales - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Linnean Society of New South Wales - Records ML MSS 2009 1826 - 1970 Includes: Minute books, 1862-1952; correspondence, 1882-1965 including letter books, 1882-1927; Chronological file, 1882-1967; Numbered files and unnumbered files; miscellanea, 1884-1964; financial papers, 1883-1970; library material, 1882-1959; newspaper cuttings, 1867-1970; various individual collections donated to the Society include papers of G. Bennett, 1866; H. H. B. Bradley, 1865-1877; J. W. Brazier, 1860-1867, 1922; S. Covington, 1831-1836, 1839; R. D. Fitzgerald, 1878-1883; J. J. Fletcher, 1887-1891, 1929; Sir William Flower, 1866; A. G. Hamilton, 1878-1941; A. Macleay, 1835+; Sir William Macleay, 1874-1888; W. S. Macleay, 1826-1862; T. G. Sloane, 1920-1932; Baron Von Mueller, 1884-1894, and W. Wools, 1880-1881. 56 volumes, 50 boxes, 1 folder, 1 case Linnean Society of London - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Linnean Society of London - Records FM 4/2699 1792 - 1870 Correspondence, 1805-1870, and manuscripts, 1792-1861. Microfilm Adolph Basser Library Pictorial Collection Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science Adolph Basser Library Pictorial Collection MS 056 Collection of portrait photographs. Subjects include Frederick McCoy, William Macleay, Joseph Fletcher, Charles Darwin and William Harvey. 0.42 m, 3 boxes Photographs