WILLIAM

See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)

JOHN

See also:

• WILLIAM JOHN BRODERIP (1789–1859)

BRODERIP (1789–1859)  , English naturalist, was born in Bristol on the 21st of November 1789 . After graduating at Oxford he was called to the bar in 1817, and for some years was engaged in law-reporting . In 1822 he was appointed a metropolitan police magistrate, and filled that office until 1856, first at the Thames police court and then at Westminster . His leisure was devoted to natural history, and his writings did much to further the study of zoology in England . The zoological articles in the Penny Cyclopaedia were written by him, and a series of articles contributed to Fraser's Magazine were reprinted in r848 as Zoological Recreations, and were followed in 1852 by Leaves from the Note-book of a Naturalist . He was one of the founders of the Zoological Society of London, and a large collection of shells which he formed was ultimately bought by the British Museum . He died in London on the 27th of February 1859 .