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John Obadiah Westwood

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English entomologist and archaeologist (1805-1893)

Born 22 December 1805
Died 2 January 1893

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  • Cover of: Palaeographia sacra pictoria: being a series of illustrations of the ancient versions of the Bible, copied from illuminated manuscripts, executed between the fourth and sixteenth centuries
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    Cover of edition palaeographiasac00west Cover of edition artofilluminated0000west Cover of edition artofilluminated0000west_a4q5 First published in 1843 — 18 editions
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  • Cover of: Lapidarium Walliae: the early inscribed and sculptured stones of Wales

    First published in 1876 — 18 editions
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  • Cover of: The natural history of insects
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    Cover of edition naturalhistoryof01rennrich Cover of edition naturalhistoryof01renn Cover of edition naturalhistoryi02westgoog Cover of edition naturalhistoryi00renngoog Cover of edition naturalhistoryi00westgoog First published in 1829 — 12 editions
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  • Cover of: Illustrations of exotic entomology: containing upwards of six hundred and fifty figures and descriptions of foreign insects, interspersed with remarks and reflections on their nature and properties.
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    Cover of edition illustrationsofe00drur First published in 1837 — 10 editions
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  • Cover of: Grammar of Ornament: All 100 Color Plates from the Folio Edition of the Great Victorian Sourcebook of Historic Design

    First published in 2004 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: The butterflies of Great Britain: with their transformations delineated and described
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    First published in 1887 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: An introduction to the modern classification of insects: founded on the natural habits and corresponding organisation of the different families.
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    First published in 1839 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: The cabinet of oriental entomology: being a selection of some of the rarer and more beautiful species of insects, natives of India and the adiacent islands, the greater portion of which are now for the first time discribed and figured.
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    Cover of edition cabinetoforienta00west First published in 1848 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: The entomologist's text book: an introduction to the natural history, structure, physiology and classification of insects, including the C̲r̲u̲s̲t̲a̲c̲e̲a̲ and A̲r̲a̲c̲h̲n̲i̲d̲a̲.
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  • Cover of: Celtic and Anglo-Saxon Art and Ornament

    First published in 2007 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Arcana entomologica; or, Illustrations of new, rare, and interesting insects
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    Cover of edition arcanaentomologi122west First published in 1841 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Illuminated Illustrations of the Bible Copied from Select Mss. of the Middle Ages

    First published in 2015 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Natural History of Insects: V. 2

    First published in 2018 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Fac-similes of the miniatures & ornaments of Anglo-Saxon & Irish manuscripts
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    First published in 1868 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Thesaurus entomologicus Oxoniensis: or, Illustrations of new, rare, and interesting insects, for the most part contained in the collections presented to the University of Oxford by the Rev. F.W. Hope ... with forty plates from drawings by the author
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    First published in 1874 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: A History of the British Sessile-Eyed Crustacea, Volume 2

    First published in 2010 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: A History of the British Sessile-eyed Crustacea Volume 1

    First published in 2015 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Illuminated illustrations of the Bible: copied from select manuscripts of the middle ages

    First published in 1846 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: A History of the British Sessile-eyed Crustacea Volume v 12

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  • Cover of: A descriptive catalogue of the fictile ivories in the South Kensington Museum: with an account of the continental collection of classical and mediaeval ivories.

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Photo of John Obadiah Westwood

English entomologist and archaeologist (1805-1893)

Born 22 December 1805
Died 2 January 1893

Subjects

Beetles, Insects, Classification, Medieval Illumination of books and manuscripts, Arachnida, Bible, Entomology, Homoptera, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Illustrations, Pictorial works, Derbidae, Diopsidae, Facsimiles, Flies, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Anglo-Saxon, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Irish, Irish Illumination of books and manuscripts, Laboratory manuals, Lepidoptera, Nomenclature, Specimens, Anatomy, Animal behavior

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Great Britain, Australia, East Indies, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Wales

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Alternative names

  • J.O Westwood
  • J.O. Westwood
  • J O. Westwood
  • J. O. Westwood
  • J. O Westwood
  • J O. 1805-1893 Westwood
  • Westwood, J. O. (John Obadiah), 1805-1893.
  • J O 1805-1893 Westwood
  • J o. 1805-1893 Westwood
  • J. O. (John Obadiah) 1805- Westwood
  • John O. Westwood

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January 13, 2025 Edited by raybb Edited without comment.
November 28, 2023 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
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April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import