William MacGillivray

William MacGillivray worked in ornithology.

He was employed by University of Aberdeen and University of Edinburgh. Recorded position is Regius Professor of Natural History. He belonged to Royal Society of Edinburgh.

48 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1750 to 1999.

Magazine of zoology and botany. History of the molluscous animals of Scotland, .. The natural history of Dee Side and Braemar. Elements of botany and vegetable physiology : including the characters of the natural families of plants. The conchologist's text-book, embracing the arrangements of Lamarck and Linnaeus, with a glossary of technical terms .. The Birds of America (1839 edition). A systematic arrangement of British plants. 6th edition. Descriptions of the rapacious birds of Great Britain. Edinburgh journal of natural history and of the physical sciences, with the Animal kingdom of the Baron Cuvier, dated 1835. Manual of British birds : including the essential characteristics of the orders, families, genera, and species. A manual of British ornithology : being a short description of the birds of Great Britain and Ireland .. A memorial tribute to William MacGillivray. Unpublished letters of William MacGillivray to John James Audubon. A systematic arrangement of British plants. Withering's British plants. A manual of geology. A Manual of British ornithology, dated 1840. Lives of eminent zoologists, dated 1834. A history of the molluscous animals of the counties of Aberdeen, Kincardine and Banff, to which is appended an account of the cirripedal animals of the same district. Lives of eminent zoologists, from Aristotle to Linaeus. Edinburgh journal of natural history and of the physical sciences. Manual of British birds, dated 1846. William Macgillivray a Hebridean Natural. British quadrupeds, dated 1840. The travels and researches of Alexander von Humboldt. Manual of botany comprising vegetable anatomy and physiology, or, The structure and functions of plants, with remarks on classification. Travels and Researches of Alexander Von Humboldt. Lives of eminent zoologists from Aristotle to Linnaeus; with introductory remarks on the study of natural history. History of British Birds, Indigenous and Migratory : Including Their Organization, Habits, and Relations; Remarks on Classification and Nomenclature; an Account of the Principal Organs of Birds, and Observations Relative to Practical Ornithology. Systematic Arrangement of British Plants. Lives Of Eminent Zoologists From Aristotle To Linnaeus. Manual of Botany. The conchologist's text-book. Lives of Eminent Zoologists : From Aristotle to Linnaeus. Travels and Researches of Baron Humboldt. William MacGillivray. Mammalia. A History of British Birds, Indigenous and Migratory. Travels and Researches of Alexander Von Humboldt : Being a Condensed Narrative of His Journeys in the Equinoctial Regions of America, and in Asiatic Russia. Lives of eminent zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnaeus. Description of a new species of Peclen, from the Outer Hebrides. William MacGillivray : creatures of air, land and sea / Robert Ralph., dated 1999, held by Wellcome Collection. Unto the Right Honourable the Lords of Council and Session, the claim of William MacGillivray, eldest son now in life of the deceas'd Farquhar Macgillivray of Dunmaglass, .., dated 1750, held by Wellcome Collection. The care and training of the mentally handicapped : a manual for the caring professions / by Charles H. Hallas, William I. Fraser and Ronald C. MacGillivray., dated 1974, held by Wellcome Collection. A systematic arrangement of British plants / by W. Withering ; corrected and condensed ; preceded by instructions adapted for persons commencing the study of botany ; accompanied with figures by William MacGillivray., dated 1848, held by Wellcome Collection. The care and training of the mentally handicapped : a manual for the caring professions / by Charles H. Hallas, William I. Fraser and Ronald C. MacGillivray ; with a foreword by Sir Samuel Curran., dated 1978, held by Wellcome Collection. A manual of geology / [William Macgillivray]., dated 1840, held by Wellcome Collection. A history of British quadrupeds / [William Macgillivray]., dated [1845-1846], held by Wellcome Collection.

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 26 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

A memorial tribute to William MacGillivray / by William MacGillivray., 1901. A Biography of William MacGillivray Life of William MacGillivray William MacGillivray, The Auk, 1910. A memorial tribute to William MacGillivray, 1901. Life of William Macgillivray, 1910. MacGillivray, William (1796–1852), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018.

15 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive, Project Gutenberg, DataCite (McGill University), DataCite ([The Society]), DataCite (Oliver & Boyd) and DataCite (Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union).

A Systematic Arrangement of British Plants (1837) — Internet Archive. The travels and researches of Alexander von Humboldt (1857) — Internet Archive. Lives of Eminent Zoologists: With Introductory Remarks on the Study of Natural History, and ... (1834) — Internet Archive. The Travels and Researches of Alexander Von Humboldt: Being a Condensed ... (1832) — Internet Archive. A History of British Quadrupeds: Illustrated by Thirty-four Plates, with ... (1838) — Internet Archive. The Travels and Researches of Alexander Von Humboldt: Being a Condensed Narrative of His ... (1869) — Internet Archive. A manual of botany: comprising vegetable anatomy and physiology; or, The structure and functions ... (1840) — Internet Archive. Unpublished Letters of William MacGillivray to John James Audubon (1901) — Internet Archive. Lives of eminent zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus: With Introductory Remarks on the Study ... (1834) — Internet Archive. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus: with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History — Project Gutenberg. Modern times : time and the modern in the fiction films of William D. MacGillivray (2000) — DataCite (McGill University). Descriptions, Characters, and Synonyms of the different Species of the genus Larus, with Critical and Explanatory Remarks (1824) — DataCite ([The Society]). Description of a new species of Ornithorynchus (1827) — DataCite ([The Society]). Catalogue of the works of Linnæus (1834) — DataCite (Oliver & Boyd). Bird-Life of the Bunker and Capricorn Islands (1928) — DataCite (Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union).

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 17 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)) and 18 deposited research records (DataCite Commons). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

William MacGillivray studied at University of Aberdeen and University of Edinburgh. the recorded working language is English.

The field of work recorded is ornithology.

Employment is recorded with University of Aberdeen and University of Edinburgh. Positions recorded include Regius Professor of Natural History. Membership is recorded of Royal Society of Edinburgh.

Distinctions recorded are Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.