This is a repository copy of The Life of William Prest, York Entomologist (1824-1884). White Rose Research Online URL for this paper: https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/166385/ Version: Published Version Article: Mayhew, Peter John orcid.org/0000-0002-7346-6560 (Accepted: 2020) The Life of William Prest, York Entomologist (1824-1884). The Naturalist. pp. 132-151. (In Press) Reuse Items deposited in White Rose Research Online are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved unless indicated otherwise. They may be downloaded and/or printed for private study, or other acts as permitted by national copyright laws. The publisher or other rights holders may allow further reproduction and re-use of the full text version. This is indicated by the licence information on the White Rose Research Online record for the item. Takedown If you consider content in White Rose Research Online to be in breach of UK law, please notify us by emailing
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[email protected] https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/ The Life of William Prest, York Entomologist (1824-1884) Peter J. Mayhew Department of Biology, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD Email:
[email protected] William Prest was one of the most influential Nineteenth Century entomologists from the York area. He was a skilled and energetic collector of Lepidoptera and an enthusiastic communicator and compiler of natural history information. At different times in his life he organized two local natural history societies from his own home: the York Entomological Society (YES) and the York and District Field Naturalists’ Society (YDFNS), the latter lasting over a hundred years.