(1792–1865) Anglo-Australian diplomat and amateur naturalist, originator of the so-called ‘quinary system’ of classification.
Keywords: Natural history; classification; quinary system; Huxley; Chambers
MacLeay, William Sharp
David Oldroyd, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Published online: April 2001
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002507
| Further Reading | |
| book Knight DM (1995) "William Swainson: Types, circles, and affiniteés". In: North JD and Roche JJ (eds) The Light of Nature, pp. 83–94. Dordrech: Martins Nijhoff Publishers. | |
| book MacLeay WS (1819/21) Horae Entomologicae, or Essays on the Annulose Animals. London: S. Bagster. | |
| book MacMillan DS (1966) MacLeay, William Sharp (1792–1865). In: Shaw AGL and Clark CMH (eds) Australian Dictionary of Biography Volume 2: 1788–1850. I–Z, pp. 182–183. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press; London: Cambridge University Press. | |
| book Secord JA (ed.) (1994) Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation and Other Evolutionary Writings – Robert Chambers. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. | |
| book Winsor MP (1976) Starfish, Jellyfish, and the Order of Life. New Haven: Yale University Press. | |
