Edward Donovan

Edward Donovan (1768 – February 1, 1837), Anglo-Irish amateur zoologist (ornithology and entomology).

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

  • 20 taxon names authored by Edward Donovan

Publications

1792

  • 1792. The natural history of British insects: explaining them in their several states, with the periods of their transformations, their food, œconomy, &c. 1: Pl. 1-36. BHL

1793

  • 1793. The Natural History of British Insects 2: 37-72. full article BHL. Reference page. 

1794

  • 1794. The Natural History of British Insects, 3: 73-108. full article BHL. Reference page. 

1795

  • 1795. The natural history of British insects: explaining them in their several states, with the periods of their transformations, their food, œconomy, &c. 4: Pl. 109-144. BHL

1796

  • 1796. The natural history of British insects: explaining them in their several states, with the periods of their transformations, their food, œconomy, &c. 5: Pl. 145-180. BHL

1797

  • 1797. The natural history of British insects: explaining them in their several states, with the periods of their transformations, their food, œconomy, &c. 6: Pl. 181-216. BHL

1798

  • 1798. The natural history of British insects: explaining them in their several states, with the periods of their transformations, their food, œconomy, &c. 7: Pl. 217-252. BHL Reference page. 

1799

  • 1799-1803; The natural history of British shells : including figures and descriptions of all the species hitherto discovered in Great Britain, systematically arranged in the Linnean manner, with scientific and general observations on each / British shells. (5 volumes).
  • 1799. The natural history of British insects: explaining them in their several states, with the periods of their transformations, their food, œconomy, &c. 8: Pl. 252-288. BHL

1800

  • , 1800-1804. An epitome of the natural history of the insects of India, and of the islands in the Indian seas. Lepidoptera, plates 15-51. T. Bensley, London. BHL. Reference page. 
  • 1800. The natural history of British insects: explaining them in their several states, with the periods of their transformations, their food, œconomy, &c. 9: Pl. 289-324. BHL

1801

  • 1801. The natural history of British insects: explaining them in their several states, with the periods of their transformations, their food, œconomy, &c. 10: Pl. 325-360. BHL Reference page. 

1804

  • Donovan E., 1804. The Natural History of British Fishes: Including Scientific and General Descriptions of the Most Interesting Species, and an Extensive Selection of Accurately … Volume III.

1805

  • 1805. An epitome of the natural history of the insects of New Holland, New Zealand, New Guinea, Otaheite and other islands..., 41 plates, text. Author, London. BHLReference page. 
  • 1805. Descriptive excursions through South Wales and Monmouthshire in the year 1804, and the four preceding summers, Volume 1. GoogleBooksOpen access Reference page. 

1806

  • 1806. The Natural History of British Insects, 11: 361-396. full article BHL. Reference page. 

1807

  • 1807. The natural history of British insects: explaining them in their several states, with the periods of their transformations, their food, œconomy, &c. 12: Pl. 397-432. BHL

1808

  • 1808. The Natural History of British Insects, 13: 433-468. full article BHL. Reference page. 

1810

  • 1810. The natural history of British insects: explaining them in their several states, with the periods of their transformations, their food, œconomy, &c. 14: Pl. 469-504. BHL

1811

  • 1811. The natural history of British insects: explaining them in their several states, with the periods of their transformations, their food, œconomy, &c. 15: Pl. 505-540. BHL

1813

  • 1813. The natural history of British insects: explaining them in their several states, with the periods of their transformations, their food, œconomy, &c. 16: Pl. 541-576. BHL Reference page. 

1824

  • 1824. The Naturalist's Repository, Vol.2: Pls. 1-71. BHL. Reference page.