William Edward Shuckard
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William Edward Shuckard was an English
bookseller and entomologist.
He was also librarian of the Royal Society
and translated Manual of Entomology Hermann Burmeister
(1807-1892).He was a specialist in Hymenoptera
but worked on
Coleoptera in his early years).
Shuckard described many of the Hymenoptera collected by Charles Darwin
on the Voyage of the Beagle
.
He was a Fellow of the Entomological Society of London
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
bookseller and entomologist.
He was also librarian of the Royal Society
Royal Society
The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, known simply as the Royal Society, is a learned society for science, and is possibly the oldest such society in existence. Founded in November 1660, it was granted a Royal Charter by King Charles II as the "Royal Society of London"...
and translated Manual of Entomology Hermann Burmeister
Hermann Burmeister
Karl Hermann Konrad Burmeister was a German zoologist, entomologist, and herpetologist.Burmeister was born in Stralsund and became a professor of Zoology at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg from 1837 to 1861...
(1807-1892).He was a specialist in 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...
but worked on
Coleoptera in his early years).
Publications
Partial list- A Description of the Superior Wings of the Hymenoptera. Trans. Ent. Soc., London, Vol. I., p. 208, 1836.
- Elements of British Entomology. London, 1839.
- with Spry, W. The British Coleoptera Delineated 1840.
- Monograph of the Dorylidae, a family of these Hymenoptera Heterogyna. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (1)5: 258-271 (1840).
- British Bees. An Introduction to the Study of the Natural History and Economy of the Bees Indigenous to the British Isles (1866)
Shuckard described many of the Hymenoptera collected by Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin FRS was an English naturalist. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestry, and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection.He published his theory...
on the Voyage of the Beagle
Second voyage of HMS Beagle
The second voyage of HMS Beagle, from 27 December 1831 to 2 October 1836, was the second survey expedition of HMS Beagle, under captain Robert FitzRoy who had taken over command of the ship on its first voyage after her previous captain committed suicide...
.
He was a Fellow of the Entomological Society of London
Royal Entomological Society of London
The Royal Entomological Society of London is devoted to insect study. It has a major national and international role in disseminating information about insects and improving communication between entomologists....