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William Wing was an English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 zoological

Zoology

Zoology |zoölogy]]), is the branch of biology that relates to the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct...

 illustrator

Illustrator

An Illustrator is a narrative artist who specializes in enhancing writing by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text...

 and entomologist. He was a member of the Entomological Society of London
from 1847 and in 1853-1854 assisted John William Douglas

John William Douglas

John William Douglas was an English entomologist, chiefly interested in microlepidopteraJohn William Douglas was born 1814 in Putney. He became interested in insects whilst working at Kew Gardens and published many papers and books on entomology...

 his role as Minutes Secretary.
Wing illustrated many zoological and entomological works including John MacGillivray

John MacGillivray

John MacGillivray was a Scottish-naturalist, active in Australia between 1842 and 1867.MacGillivray was born in Aberdeen, the son of ornithologist William MacGillivray. He took part in three of the Royal Navy's surveying voyages in the Pacific...

's Narrative of the Voyage of HMS Rattlesnake

HMS Rattlesnake (1822)

HMS Rattlesnake was an Atholl-class 28-gun sixth-rate corvette of the Royal Navy launched in 1822. She made a historic voyage of discovery to the Cape York and Torres Strait areas of northern Australia.-Construction:...

(2 vols, Boone, London 1852) , Synopsis of the species of whales and dolphins in the collection of the British Museum by John Edward Gray

John Edward Gray

John Edward Gray, FRS was a British zoologist. He was the elder brother of George Robert Gray and son of the pharmacologist and botanist Samuel Frederick Gray ....

http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/53889#page/6/mode/2up and The Natural history of the British Entomostraca by William Baird

William Baird (physician)

William Baird was a Scottish physician and zoologist, best known for his 1850 work, Natural History of British Entomostraca.-Biography:...

http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/88105#page/8/mode/2up. His watercolours of South Australian Lepidoptera

Lepidoptera

Lepidoptera is a large order of insects that includes moths and butterflies . It is one of the most widespread and widely recognizable insect orders in the world, encompassing moths and the three superfamilies of butterflies, skipper butterflies, and moth-butterflies...

 are in the Art Gallery of South Australia

Art Gallery of South Australia

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. In 1847 his address was 17, Priory Road, South Lambeth

Lambeth

Lambeth is a district of south London, England, and part of the London Borough of Lambeth. It is situated southeast of Charing Cross.-Toponymy:...

, London.