John O. Westwood
John Obadiah Westwood (22 ഡിസംബർ 1805 – 2 ജനുവരി 1893) ഒരു ബ്രിട്ടീഷ് പ്രാണിപഠനശാസ്ത്രജ്ഞനും പുരാവസ്തുശാസ്ത്രജ്ഞനും ആയിരുന്നു.
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| ജനനം | 22 ഡിസംബർ 1805 Sheffield, England |
| മരണം | 2 ജനുവരി 1893 (പ്രായം 87) |
| ദേശീയത | English |
| അറിയപ്പെടുന്നത് | entomology |
| പുരസ്കാരങ്ങൾ | Royal Medal (1855) |
ശാസ്ത്രത്തിലുള്ള താല്പര്യംമൂലം അദ്ദേഹം നിയമപഠനം പാതിവഴിയിൽ ഉപേക്ഷിച്ചു. അദ്ദേഹം Frederick William Hope-ന്റെ ശുപാർശയാൽ ഓക്സ്ഫഡ് സർവകലാശാലയുടെ പരിപാലകനും തുടർന്ന് പ്രൊഫസറുമായി നിയമിക്കപ്പെട്ടു. [1]Linnean Society of London-ഇലും Royal Entomological Society-ഇലും അദ്ദേഹം അംഗമായിരുന്നു.
30 ഡിസംബർ 1892-ൽ അദ്ദേഹം തളർന്നുവീഴുകയും തുടർന്ന് അബോധാവസ്ഥയിൽ കിടന്ന് 2 January 1893-ൽ മരണമടയുകയും ചെയ്തു.
സംഭാവനകൾ
തിരുത്തുക
Partial list
പൊതുവായത്
തിരുത്തുക- Class Insecta.in Griffith, E. The animal kingdom arranged in conformity with its organisation 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
- Arcana Entomologica, or illustrations of new, rare, and interesting exotic insects. Volumes 1 & 2. [Volume 1 published in parts, 1841-1843. Volume 2 published in parts, 1843-1845].
- 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. London: McMillan & Co., i–xxiv, 205 pp., 40 pls (1873-1874) [Published in 4 parts: Part I, pp. 1–56 in 1873; parts II-IV in 1874].
Hymenoptera എന്ന പ്രാണിവർഗ്ഗത്തിന്റെ നിരയെപ്പറ്റി
തിരുത്തുക- Description of several British forms amongst the parasitic hymenopterous insects. London & Edinburgh Phil. 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 Phil. Mag. J. Sci. 2: 443–445 (1833). The full text
- Descriptions of several new British forms amongst the parasitic hymenopterous insects. London & Edinburgh Phil. 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
ശലഭങ്ങളെപ്പറ്റി
തിരുത്തുക- With Henry Noel Humphreys British Moths and Their Transformations. London: William Smith, 1843–1845. 2 Volumes.
- Revisio Insectorum Familiae Mantidarum, speciebus novis aut minus cognitis descriptis et delineatis. – Revisio Mantidarum. Gurney & Jackson, London. 55pp. & 14 plates. (1889).
- Insectorum Arachnoidumque Decades duo. Zoological Journal, 5(10): 440-453, pl. 22. (1834).
- Catalogue of the Orthopterous Insects in the Collection of British Museum. Part I: Phasmidae. British Museum, London. (1859).
- Heteropteryx hopei, Westw. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 2(3): 16-17.(1864).
അവലംബം
തിരുത്തുക- ↑ Foote, Yolanda (2004). "Westwood, John Obadiah (1805–1893)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 5 February 2009.
പുറം കണ്ണികൾ
തിരുത്തുക
ഈ ലേഖനത്തിലെ വിഷയത്തെ സംബന്ധിക്കുന്ന കൃതി വിക്കിഗ്രന്ഥശാലയിലെ John Obadiah Westwood എന്ന താളിലുണ്ട്.
വിക്കിസ്പീഷിസിൽ John Obadiah Westwood എന്നതുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട കൂടുതൽ വിവരങ്ങൾ ലഭ്യമാണ്.
- John Obadiah Westwood
- Page on John Obadiah Westwood's grave in St Sepulchre's Cemetery, Oxford, with biography
- Manuscripts at the Natural History Museum
- 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.
- . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- OUM Description of Westwood's collection