William John Macleay

Sir
William John Macleay
MLC
Portrait by J. Hubert, c. 1890
Born13 June 1820
Wick, Scotland
Died7 December 1891
Sydney, Australia
Known forPolitician, naturalist

Sir William John Macleay MLC (13 June 1820 – 7 December 1891)[1] was a Scottish-Australian politician, naturalist, zoologist, and herpetologist.

  1. ^ Hoare, Michael & Rutledge, Martha. "Macleay, Sir William John (1820–1891)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 20 August 2019.