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Sir William Jardine, 7Th Baronet Sir William Jardine, 7th Baronet Sir William Jardine, 7th Baronet of Applegarth FRS FRSE FLS FSA (23 Sir William Jardine, 7th February 1800 – 21 November 1874) was a Scottish naturalist.[2][3] He is Baronet known for his editing of a long series of natural history books, The Naturalist's Library. Contents Life and work Family and descendants Bibliography The Naturalist's Library See also References External links Life and work Jardine was born on 23 February 1800 at 28 North Hanover Street[5] in Portrait, c. 1822[1] Edinburgh, the son of Sir Alexander Jardine, 6th baronet of Applegarth and his wife, Jane Maule. He was educated in both York and Edinburgh then Born 23 February 1800 studied medicine at Edinburgh University.[6] Edinburgh, Scotland Died 21 November 1874 In his early years, aged only 25, he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society (aged 74) of Edinburgh his proposer being Sir David Brewster.[6] Sandown, Isle of Wight, He was a co-founder of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club, and contributed England to the founding of the Ray Society.[7] He was "keenly addicted to field- Nationality Scottish sports, and a master equally of the rod and the gun". While ornithology was Citizenship United Kingdom his main passion, he also studied ichthyology, botany and geology. His book Alma mater Edinburgh University on fossil burrows and traces, the Ichnology of Annandale, included fossils from his ancestral estate.[8][9] He was the first to coin the term ichnology, Known for Natural history and this was the first book written on the subject.[10] His private natural history museum and library are said to have been the finest in Britain.[11] Jardine made natural history available to all levels of Victorian society by editing the hugely popular forty volumes of The Naturalist's Library (1833–1843) issued and published by his brother in law, the Edinburgh printer and engraver, William Home Lizars.[12] The series was divided into four main sections: Ornithology (14 volumes), Mammalia (13 volumes), Entomology (7 volumes), and Ichthyology (6 volumes); each prepared by a leading naturalist. James Duncan wrote the insect volumes. The artists responsible for the illustrations included Edward Lear. The work was published in Edinburgh by W. H. Lizars. The frontispiece is a portrait of Pierre André Latreille. His other publications included an edition of Gilbert White's Natural History of Selborne which re-established White's reputation, Illustrations of Ornithology (1825–1843), and an affordable edition of Alexander Wilson's Birds of America. Jardine described of a number of bird species, alone or in conjunction with his friend Prideaux John Selby. He died on 21 November 1874 in Sandown, Isle of Wight. Family and descendants He was married to Jane Home Lizars, and through her was brother-in-law to John Lizars FRSE and William Home Lizars.[13] After Lady Jardine's death he married the daughter of the Rev. William Samuel Symonds, the well-known geologist. Jardine c. 1870, an illustration accompanying Jardine's daughter, Catherine Dorcas Maule Jardine, married Hugh Edwin Strickland and his obituary in the Illustrated [4] produced many of the illustrations for Illustrations of Ornithology (identifiable by her London News initials, CDMS). The Olympic rower Sir Matthew Pinsent is a direct descendant of Jardine.[14] Bibliography Jardine wrote many books and edited the series and wrote many of the books for The Naturalist's Library. The books are listed below by publication date with those of The Naturalist's Library under a separate heading. 1825 to 1843, Illustrations of Ornithology, written with Prideaux John Selby in four volumes: Volume I (https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/122925#page/7/mode/1 up) Volume II (https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/122924#page/5/mode/1 up) Volume III Painting by Jardine's Volume IV (https://books.google.com/books?id=-cgOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PT daughter, 1833 6) 1848, Contributions to Ornithology for 1848 (https://www.biodiversitylibrary.or g/item/211381#page/7/mode/1up): Vols. I and II 1850, Contributions to Ornithology for 1850 (https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/213244#page/7/mode/1up): Vols. III and IV 1851, The Natural History of Selborne (https://books.google.com/books?id=AMkYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1), by Gilbert White with additions, supplementary notes a short biography of Reverend Gilbert White by Jardine 1853, Contributions to Ornithology for 1852 (https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/209972#page/7/mode/1up): Vol. V 1858, Memoirs of Hugh Edwin Strickland, M.A. (https://books.google.com/books?id=1uYwAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP13# v) The Naturalist's Library Jardine edited the series of books that were published a part of The Naturalist's Library, and include (in the order in which they were published):[15] 1. 1833, Ornithology: Humming Birds: Part I (https://books.google.com/books?id=jgoAAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP15), by Jardine with a memoir of Carl Linnaeus 2. 1833, The Natural History of Monkeys (https://books.google.com/books?id=eCUOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR3), by Jardine with a memoir of Comte de Buffon 3. 1833, Ichthyology: British Fishes: Part II (https://archive.org/details/naturalistslibra37jardrich), by Robert Hamilton with a memoir of Alexander von Humboldt 4. undated, Ornithology: Humming Birds: Part II (https://books.google.com/books?id=jwoAAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP13), by Jardine with a memoir of Thomas Pennant 5. 1834, Mammalia: Vol. II: The Felinae (https://books.google.com/books?id=nSUOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP15), by Jardine with a memoir of Georges Cuvier 6. 1834, The Natural History of Gallinaceous Birds: Vol. I (https://books.google.com/books?id=bikOAAAAQAAJ&pg =PA7), by Jardine with a memoir of Aristotle 7. 1835, The Natural History of Fishes of the Perch Family (https://books.google.com/books?id=MPQ-AAAAYAAJ&p g=PR5), by Jardine with a memoir of Joseph Banks 8. 1835, Entomology: Vol. III: British Butterflies (https://books.google.com/books?id=uSQOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR7), by James Duncan with a memoir of Abraham Gottlob Werner 9. 1836, The Natural History of Parrots (https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/82455#page/11/mode/1up), by Prideaux J. Selby with plates by Edward Lear and a memoir of Thomas Bewick 10. 1836, Mammalia: Vol. V: Pachyderms (https://books.google.com/books?id=XyYOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR9), by Jardine with a memoir of Hans Sloane 11. 1836, The Natural History of British Moths, Sphinxes, &c. (https://books.google.com/books?id=4SQOAAAAQAAJ &pg=PR7), by James Duncan with a memoir of Maria Sibylla Merian 12. 1837, The Natural History of the Ordinary Cetacea or Whales (https://books.google.com/books?id=FEY9AAAAYA AJ&pg=PR7), by Jardine with a memoir of Bernard Germain de Lacépède 13. 1837, The Natural History of Foreign Butterflies (https://books.google.com/books?id=GCUOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR 7), by James Duncan with a memoir of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck 14. 1837, The Natural History of the Birds of Western Africa (https://books.google.com/books?id=A44-AAAAcAAJ&p g=PA7), by William Swainson with a memoir of François Levaillant 15. 1838, The Natural History of the Birds of Great Britain and Ireland: Part I: Birds of Prey (https://books.google.co m/books?id=mSkOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR7), by Jardine with a memoir of Robert Sibbald 16. 1838, The Natural Arrangement and Relations of the Family of Flycatchers or Muscicapidae (https://books.googl e.com/books?id=tykOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR7), by William Swainson with a memoir of Albrecht von Haller 17. 1838, A History of British Quadrupeds (https://books.google.com/books?id=pAoOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR7), by William MacGillivray with a memoir of Ulisse Aldrovandi 18. 1839, The Natural History of the Amphibious Carnivora, Including the Walrus and Seals, Also of the Herbivorous Cetacea, &c. (https://books.google.com/books?id=byYOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR7), by Robert Hamilton with a memoir of François Péron 19. 1839, The Natural History of Dogs: Canidae or Genus Canis of Authors: Including Also the Genera Hyaena and Proteles: Vol. I (https://books.google.com/books?id=1QoOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA9#), by Chas. Hamilton Smith with a memoir of Peter Simon Pallas 20. 1840, The Natural History of Dogs: Canidae or Genus Canis of Authors: Including Also the Genera Hyaena and Proteles: Vol. II (https://books.google.com/books?id=AgsOAAAAQAAJ&pg= PR7), by Chas. Hamilton Smith with a memoir of Félix de Azara 21. 1840, Introduction to Entomology (https://books.google.com/b ooks?id=Ko4-AAAAcAAJ&pg=PR7), by James Duncan with memoirs of Jan Swammerdam and Charles De Geer 22. 1841, The Natural History of Marsupialia or Pouched Animals (https://books.google.com/books?id=FwsOAAAAQAAJ&pg=P A9), by G. R. Waterhouse with a memoir of John Barclay "Nest of the Common Humble-Bee (B. 23. 1841, The Natural History of Horses: The Equidae or Genus terrestris)", engraved by William Home Equus of Authors (https://books.google.com/books?id=jv0-AA Lizars AAYAAJ&pg=PR9), by Chas. Hamilton Smith with a memoir of Conrad Gessner 24. 1841, The Natural History of the Fishes of Guiana: Part I (https://books.google.com/books?id=blBKAAAAYAAJ&p g=PR7), by Robert H. Schomburgk 25. 1841, The Natural History of Exotic Moths (https://books.google.com/books?id=opU-AAAAcAAJ&pg=PR7), by James Duncan with a memoir of Pierre André Latreille 26. 1842, The Natural History of the Birds of Great Britain and Ireland: Part III: Rasores and Grallatores (https://book s.google.com/books?id=5ikOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR7), by Jardine with a memoir of John Walker 27. 1842, An Introduction to the Mammalia (https://books.google.com/books?id=DvE_AAAAcAAJ&pg=PR5), by Charles Hamilton Smith with a memoir of Dru Drury 28.
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