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WILLIAM YARRELL (1784–1856)

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 907 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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WILLIAM YARRELL (1784–1856)  ,
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British naturalist, was born in
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London on the 3rd of
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June 1784 . His
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father was a newspaper agent, and he succeeded to the business, and prosecuted it till within a few years of his
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death . He acquired the reputation of being the best shot and the first
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angler in the metropolis, and soon also became an expert naturalist . In 1825 he was elected a
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fellow of the Linnean Society, of which he subsequently became treasurer, and was a diligent contributor to their Transactions; and he was one of the
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original members of the Zoological Society . The greater
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part of his leisure towards the end of his
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life was devoted to his two
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great
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works, The
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History of British Fishes (2 vols., 1836) and The History of British Birds (2 v01s., 1843) . These works from the first took rank as standard authorities . He died at Yarmouth on the 1st of September 1856 .

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