John Obadiah Westwood was an English

England

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 entomologist and archaeologist also noted for his artistic talents.

Born in Sheffield

Sheffield

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, he studied to be a lawyer

Lawyer

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 but abandoned that for his scientific interests.

He became a curator

Curator

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 and later professor

Professor

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 at Oxford University, having been nominated by this friend and patron the Reverend Frederick William Hope

Frederick William Hope

Frederick William Hope was an English entomologist and founder of the Hope Department of Entomology at the University of Oxford....

, whose donation was the basis of the Hope Collection at Oxford. He was also a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford

Magdalen College, Oxford

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Westwood was a Fellow of the Linnean Society and president of the Entomological Society of London

Royal Entomological Society of London

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 (1852–1853).

General

• Class Insecta.in Griffith, E. The animal kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization by the Baron Cuvier. Whittaker, London. 796 pp (1832).
• An introduction to the modern classification of insects Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, London. (-1839)
• Synopsis of the genera of British Insects. Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, London. 158 pp. (1840) The full text
• The Cabinet of Oriental Entomology (1848) The full text
• Thesaurus Entomologicus Oxoniensis: or illustrations of new, rare and interesting insects, for the most part coloured, in the collections presented to the University of Oxford by the Rev. F.W. Hope
  Frederick William Hope
  Frederick William Hope was an English entomologist and founder of the Hope Department of Entomology at the University of Oxford....
  
  . London: McMillan & Co., i-xxiv, 205 pp., 40 pls (1874).

Hymenoptera

Hymenoptera

Hymenoptera is one of the largest orders of insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees and ants. There are over 130,000 recognized species, with many more remaining to be described. The name refers to the heavy wings of the insects, and is derived from the Ancient Greek ὑμήν : membrane and...

• Description of several British forms amongst the parasitic hymenopterous insects. London & Edinburgh Philos. Mag. J. Sci. 1: 127-129 (1832).
• Further notices of the British parasitic hymenopterous insects; together with the "Transactions of a fly with a long tail," observed by Mr. E. W. Lewis; and additional observations. Magazine of Natural History 6: 414-421. (1833).
• Descriptions of several new British forms amongst the parasitic hymenopterous insects. London & Edinburgh Philos. Mag. J. Sci. 2: 443-445 (1833). The full text
• Descriptions of several new British forms amongst the parasitic hymenopterous insects. London & Edinburgh Philos. Mag. J. Sci. 3: 342-344 1833..
• "...Hymenopterous Insects, which Mr Westwood regarded as new to science." Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 3: 68-72. (1835) The full text
• Characters of new genera and species of hymenopterous insects.. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 3: 51-72 (1835). The full text
• Observations on the genus Typhlopone, with descriptions of several exotic species of ants. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6: 81-89 (1840) The full text.
• On the Evaniidae and some allied genera of hymenopterous insects. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (1)7: 535-538 (1841).
• Monograph of the hymenopterous group, Dorylides. Arcana Entomologica 1(5): 73-80 (1842) The full text.
• On Evania and some allied genera of hymenopterous insects. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 3(4): 237-278 (1843).
• Description of a new species of the hymenopterous genus Aenictus, belonging to the Dorylidae. Journal of Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London 1840-1846: 85. (1843). The full text.
• Description of a new dorylideous insect from South Africa, belonging to the genus Aenictus. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 4: 237-238 (1847).
• Description of the "Driver" ants, described in the preceding article. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 5: 16-18 (1847).
• Descriptions of some new species of exotic Hymenoptera belonging to Evania and the allied genera, being a supplement to a memoir on those insects published in the third volume of the Transactions of the Entomological Society. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London (2)1: 213-234. (1851).
• Descriptions of some new species of short-tongued bees belonging to the genus Nomia. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1875: 207-222. (1875).
• Contributions to fossil entomology. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 10: 378-396 1854. The full text

Lepidoptera

Lepidoptera

Lepidoptera is a large order of insects that includes moths and butterflies . It is one of the most widespread and widely recognizable insect orders in the world, encompassing moths and the three superfamilies of butterflies, skipper butterflies, and moth-butterflies...

• With Henry Noel Humphreys
  Henry Noel Humphreys
  Henry Noel Humphreys , was a British illustrator, naturalist, entomologist , and numismatist.Humphreys, who studied medieval manuscripts in Italy as a young man, became an accomplished scholar in numerous subjects...
  
   British Moths and Their Transformations. London: William Smith, 1843-1845. 2 Volumes.

External links

• John Obadiah Westwood.
• http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/collections-library/collections-and-library-index.htmlManuscripts at the Natural History Museum
  Natural History Museum
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• Arcana entomologica, 1845 at Oxford Digital Library: Volume One; Volume Two.
• Smithsonian Archives
• An introduction to the modern classification of insects : founded on the natural habits and corresponding organisation of the different families (1839)
• J. O. Westwood's illustrated works in the Biodiversity Heritage Library.