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Williamson (JOHN) [1774-1877] 



The cousin of William Dean, and the father of W. C. Williamson 

 (q.v.\ began life as a gardener, but coming under the influence of 

 William Smith, he became a pioneer in Yorkshire geology, and was one of 

 the original discoverers of fossil plants in the Inferior Oolite of that 

 county, notably at Gristhorpe. The genus Williamsoma was named 

 after him, and many of his specimens were described by Adolphe 

 Brongniart. Williamson presented a small collection of these plants to 

 the British Museum in 1829; but the main part of his collection formed 

 the nucleus of the Scarborough Literary and Philosophical Society's 

 museum, of which he was appointed keeper. 



Williamson (WILLIAM CRAWFORD) [1816-1895] 



During the latter half of his life, while occupied with researches on 

 the organisation of the Carboniferous Flora, the well-known Professor of 

 the Owens College accumulated a series of about 2000 microscope-slides 

 illustrating his work. In collecting and preparing the material, he was 

 assisted by Messrs. William Cash, James Spencer, Thomas Hick, George 

 Wild, James Lomax, and other residents in the northern coalfields. Each 

 specimen bears a number corresponding with a record in the descriptive 

 MS. catalogue compiled by Prof. Williamson. The whole collection was 

 purchased by the Trustees in 1896. He presented his collection of 

 Yorkshire fossils, specimens of coal, and sections of Carboniferous plants 

 to the Manchester Museum, Owens College ; it contained a few specimens 

 figured by himself and by Lindley and Button. 



Wills (C. F.) 



Collected remains of Vertebrata from the superficial deposits of 

 Madagascar, purchased 1893. 



Wills (JAMES) 



Mr. Wills, a missionary in Madagascar, collected several important 

 remains of Aepyornithes and Hippopotamus, which were purchased from 

 him by the Museum in 1895. 



Wilmer (L. WORTHINGTON) 



Presented Eocene Mollusca from Dieppe, 1887. 



Wilson (EDWARD) 



Collected Elasmobranch teeth from the Carboniferous Limestone of 

 Ticknall, Derbyshire, purchased 1887. Presented the type-specimens 

 of Necroscilla wilsoni and Eoscorpius anglicus, from the Coal Measures, 

 1886. 



Wise (JOHN R.) 



Presented Oligocene shells from Brockenhurst, 1876. 



Wolf (GEORGE DE) 



Presented Trilobites from Mount Stephen, British Columbia, 1896. 



Wood (Lieut.} 



Presented Pleistocene Mammalian remains from Kotzebue Sound, 

 Alaska, 1850. 



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