George Robert Waterhouse

George Robert Waterhouse ( born March 6, 1810 in Somers Town, England; † January 21, 1888 in Putney ) was a British zoologist.

  • 3.1 Literature
  • 3.2 Notes and references

Life and work

George Robert Waterhouse was the son of architect James Edward Waterhouse. In 1833 he founded with the Royal Entomological Society of London and was elected administrator of the library. From 1849 to 1850 he was president of the society.

In Liverpool, Waterhouse was from 1835 to 1836 curator of the Museum of Liverpool Royal Institution. He then moved to the Zoological Society, for which he also worked as a curator until 1843. In November 1843 he was assistive Curator of Mineralogy at the British Museum in London and in December 1851 administrator of the department. 1857 Waterhouse was administrator of the geological department. A post he held until June 21, 1880.

Charles Darwin learned Waterhouse already during his studies in Cambridge know the end of 1829, because they were both avid collectors of beetles. Beginning January 1837 via suitable Darwin collected during his journey with the HMS Beagle mammals and birds of the Zoological Society. Waterhouse agreed for the planned work, The Zoology of the Voyage of HMS Beagle mammals to edit, since he was already working on a catalog of the museum preserved in mammals ( Catalogue of the mammalia preserved in the Museum of the Zoological Society of London).

Writings

Works

  • Catalogue of the mammalia preserved in the Museum of the Zoological Society of London. 1838-1839
  • The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. Mammalia. Smith, Elder & Co., London 1838-1839
  • The Naturalist 's Library. Mammalia. Vol XI:. Marsupialia, or Pouched Animals. WH Lizars, Edinburgh 1841
  • A natural history of the Mammalia. 2 volumes, H. Baillière, London 1846-1848
  • Catalogue of British Coleoptera. Taylor and Francis, London 1858

Journal Papers (selection)

  • Description of a new genus of Mammiferous Animals from Australia, BELONGING probably to the order Marsupialia. In: Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. Volume 2, pp. 149-154, 1836
  • Description of the larva and pupa of Raphidia ophiopsis. In: Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London. 1, pp. 23-27, Table 3, 1836; online
  • Descriptions of some new coleopterous Insects from the Philippine Islands, collected by H. Cuming. In: Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. Volume 2, pp. 36-45, 1841 online
  • Descriptions of coleopterous Insects Collected by Charles Darwin, Esq., In the Galapagos Islands. In: Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany, and Geology. Volume 16, pp. 19-41, 1845; online
  • Descriptions of some new genera and species of Coleoptera Heteromerous. In: Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany, and Geology Volume 16, pp. 317-324, 1845; online
  • Descriptions of new genera and species of Curculionides. In: Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. Volume 2, pp. 179-181, 1853

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