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in 1849 he got Westwood to be appointed a curator of the collections. Westwood was appointed in 1857 and he also donated his own insect specimens to the Hope Collection. Hope also worked on setting up a new zoology chair endowed an entomological position in Oxford University, Westwood was the first
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when the family moved there. He apprenticed briefly to become a solicitor and worked briefly as a partner in a firm but gave up a career in law for his interests. In his spare time he studied Anglo-Saxon and medieval manuscripts and earned a living by illustrating and writing. His early works
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although Westwood remained a critic of Darwin to the extent that he proposed a "permanent endowment of a lecturer to combat the errors of Darwinism". He considered mimetic resemblances of insects as freaks of nature. Westwood was succeeded in the Hope chair by
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viewpoint. Although he never travelled widely, he described species from around the world on the basis of specimens, especially of the larger, curious, and colourful species, obtained by naturalists and collectors in England.
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and Westwood served as its secretary in 1834. In the same year, Hope had his insect collections organized by Westwood. This allowed Westwood to examine and describe insects from around the world.
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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
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Revisio Insectorum Familiae Mantidarum, speciebus novis aut minus cognitis descriptis et delineatis. – Revisio Mantidarum. Gurney & Jackson, London. 55pp. & 14 plates. (1889).
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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.
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A fall in 1884 led to an arm injury that ended his studies. On 30 December 1892, not long after returning home from a convention in London, Westwood had suddenly collapsed of a
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also noted for his artistic talents. He published several illustrated works on insects and antiquities. He was among the first entomologists with an academic position at
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who adopted evolutionary views. Westwood was among the first to attempt an estimate of the total number of species of insects which he put at half a million.
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An introduction to the modern classification of insects : founded on the natural habits and corresponding organisation of the different families (1839)
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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.
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On Evania and some allied genera of hymenopterous insects. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 3(4): 237–278 (1843).
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Griffith, E. The animal kingdom arranged in conformity with its organisation by the Baron Cuvier. Whittaker, London. 796 pp (1832).
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Catalogue of the Orthopterous Insects in the Collection of British Museum. Part I: Phasmidae. British Museum, London. (1859).
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was erected by Brullé in 1846. A vestry in St Andrew's Church, Sandford-on-Thames was constructed in 1893 in his honour.
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for the first time and they were close friends. In 1833, Westwood and Hope were founding members of the
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included reproductions of old manuscripts and illuminations. In 1824, he met the entomologist Reverend
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nominee and selected as Hope professor in 1861. He received an MA by decree in 1861 and joined
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Kritsky, Gene (2008). "Entomological Reactions to Darwin's Theory in the Nineteenth Century".
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serving as a bridge between gardeners and entomologists. He was elected as a member to the
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Page on John Obadiah Westwood's grave in St Sepulchre's Cemetery, Oxford, with biography
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Strain, D. (2011). "8.7 Million: A New Estimate for All the Complex Species on Earth".
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Descriptions of several new British forms amongst the parasitic hymenopterous insects.
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Descriptions of several new British forms amongst the parasitic hymenopterous insects.
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British Moths and Their Transformations. London: William Smith, 1843–1845. 2 Volumes.
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Description of a new dorylideous insect from South Africa, belonging to the genus
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Description of several British forms amongst the parasitic hymenopterous insects.
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Arcana Entomologica, or illustrations of new, rare, and interesting exotic insects
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Descriptions of some new species of short-tongued bees belonging to the genus
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J. O. Westwood's illustrated works in the Biodiversity Heritage Library
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Description of the "Driver" ants, described in the preceding article.
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Blaisdell, Muriel (1982). "Natural theology and nature's disguises".
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Descriptions of some new species of exotic Hymenoptera belonging to
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Cockerell, T. D. A. (1934). "The Entomological Society of London".
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On the Evaniidae and some allied genera of hymenopterous insects.
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Characters of new genera and species of hymenopterous insects.
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Journal of Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London
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Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, London. (−1839)
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Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London
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Description of a new species of the hymenopterous genus
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An introduction to the modern classification of insects.
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in 1833. In his early writings he was influenced by the
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Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London
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John Obadiah Westwood
Portrait of Westwood sitting at a writing table
Sheffield
Oxford
Entomology
Royal Medal
English
entomologist
archaeologist
Oxford University
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Lichfield
Frederick William Hope
Entomological Society of London
Oxford University
Magdalen College, Oxford
naturalists
James Rennie
Gilbert White
The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne
quinarian system
Darwin
John Leifchild
E.B. Poulton

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