William Wilson Saunders
William Wilson Saunders botanist.
Saunders was an
underwriter at Lloyd's of London. He served as president of the Entomological Society from 1841 to 1842 and again from 1856 to 1857, was treasurer of the Linnean Society of London from 1861 to 1873 and was a Fellow of the Royal Society
from 1853.
Saunders who lived at Reigate was also a well known horticulturalist. His entomological interests centred on Lepidoptera and Hymenoptera but his collection contained insects from all orders.
Saunder's
Diptera collection contained many new species. These were described in a series of papers by Francis Walker
entitled Insecta Saundersiana.
"Nearly two thousand of my Coleoptera, and many hundreds of my butterflies, have been already described by various eminent naturalists, British and foreign; but a much larger number remains undescribed. Among those to whom science is most indebted for this laborious work, I must name
Alfred R. Wallace- The Malay Archipelago.
References
- Obit Nature, Volume 20, Number 518, 2 October 1879, 536–537.
- Lee, Sidney, ed. (1897). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 50. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
External links
- DEI Zalf Collection details.
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