William d'Urban

William d'Urban

William Stewart Mitchell d’Urban (* 29. Juli 1836; † 20. Januar 1934) war ein britischer Naturforscher.

Er wurde in Topsham in der Grafschaft Devon (Cornwall) geboren und ist ein Enkel des britischen Generals und Kolonialbeamten Sir Benjamin d’Urban. Der Großteil seiner Jugend verbrachte er bei seinem Großvater anfangs in Wynberg, Südafrika, und später in Kanada. Dort verlor er durch Scharlach sein Gehör. In King William’s Town, Südafrika, sammelte er während eines einjährigen Aufenthalts zusammen mit seinen Eltern 1860-61 Schmetterlinge und Farne. 1878 führte er archäologische Grabungen am Fluss Axe durch, an dem steinzeitliche Werkzeuge gefunden wurden.[1] Am Albert Memorial Museum in Exeter war er der erste Kurator. Seine Farnsammlung mit 593 Blättern wird heute im Museum verwahrt.

Zu seinen Ehren wurde die heute zwei Arten umfassende Schmetterlingsgattung Durbania, Trimen 1862, benannt.

Werke (Auswahl)

  • W. S. M. d’Urban & Murray A. Mathew: The Birds of Devon, coloured plates and photographic illustrations, original decoration cloth, gilt, 1892
  • W. S. M. d’Urban: The Zoology of Barents Sea, The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, No. 34. October 1880. Vol. VI. Fifth Series. London, 1880. Seite 253-277
  • W. S. M. d’Urban & Robert Bell: Contributions to Canadian natural history, 1860
  • W. S. M. d’Urban: On the order Lepidoptera, with the description of two species of Canadian butterflies, Can. Nat. & Geol. 2, 1857, Seite 223—236

Quellen

  • Mary Gunn, L. E. W. Codd: Botanical Exploration of Southern Africa: An Illustrated History of Early Botanical Literature on the Cape Flora : Biographical Accounts of the Leading Plant Collectors and Their Activities in Southern Africa from the Days of the East India Company Until Modern Times, CRC Press, 1981 ISBN 9780869611296, Seite 142

Einzelnachweise

  1. ↑ University of Reading - Broom Excavations
Personendaten
NAME Urban, William Stewart Mitchell d’
ALTERNATIVNAMEN Urban, W. S. M. d’
KURZBESCHREIBUNG Botaniker und Zoologe
GEBURTSDATUM 29. Juli 1836
GEBURTSORT Topsham
STERBEDATUM 20. Januar 1934
STERBEORT London

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