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Problems finding information about authors in The Zoologist

William Hughes Workman[edit]

Workman, W.H., M.B.O.U., F.Z.S., Lismore (Av.), Belfast, Ireland

became a member of the BOU in 1902
e.g. according to: Ibis series 8 vol 3, no 9-12 (1903), p. xxi
this page
and see: Proceedings of the Anniversary Meeting of the BOU 1902, p. 501:
this page

became a member of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union in 1903 check
vlgs. Emu, vol. 39 (1940), issue 3, List of Members etc.
this page

became a member of the South African Ornithologists Union in 1905
(The journal of the South African Ornithologists Union 1905, p. xxxix)
this page

became an associate member of the American Ornithologists' Union
in 1928 (… American Ornithologists' Union, p. liii)

He was a member of the Committee of the Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society in 1945-1946:
Proceedings and Reports of the Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society, 2nd series, vol 3 (1945-1946), p. 5
this page
see also p. 36: this page

He still published 1955: Irish Naturalist
see this page
he then lived: Windsor Av. Belfast

Overview of contribs to The Irish Naturalist 1901- 1914:
in register d.d. 1916
e.g. vol 13 no 10, Oct 1904, p. 250:
Curious Nesting Site of Starlings
this page

and vol 13 no 11, Nov 1904, p. 261:
Occurence of Spotted Crake in Co. Antrim
this page

also 1924
and 1954: zie Birds of Scotland - references:
this page


Contributions to The Zoologist:

  • starting at vol. 5 (1901): p. 429-430 (N&Q)
  • vol 6 p. 27-28 (N&Q), p. 150 (N&Q)

William Wilson[edit]

several contribs to 4th s., vol 1/2/3, e.g.

  • Cuckoo Questions, 270-271 (N&Q)
  • Appearance of Migrants in Aberdeenshire in 1898, 275 (N&Q)
  • Cuckoos recently observed in Aberdeen, 359-361 (N&Q)
  • Cuckoos in 1898, 431-433 (N&Q)
  • Abnormal Occurrence of the Pied Wagtail (Motacilla lugubris) through the Winter in Aberdeenshire, The_Zoologist/4th_series,_vol_3_(1899)/Issue_696/Notes_and_Queries#268
  • Ornithological Notes from Aberdeen, id#271-272
  • Kingfisher near Aberdeen, 1902 (N&Q issue 727)
  • Notes on the Cuckoo in Aberdeen, 1902 (N&Q|), p. 354-355

I can't find anything at first

but as a "botanist / farmer", Wm Wilson Jr. e.g.: on Growth of Phalaris arundinacea (Reed canary grass)
in Scottish Naturalist 1890 (Jan.) p. 210
and check this page

and see this.
I am getting very curious about the next page!

this is definitely the same Wilson of Alford, Aberdeenshire:

Death notice: Science Gossip 1896:
William Wilson, died 18 October 1896, aged 91 yrs. so born 1805
It is very strange that he is still publishing in 1898!
see e.g. this page
(Hooker 1842) and 1886-9: this

Try via: wikitree:
William Charles Stewart Wilson (Alford, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, 1882-11-30 - Alford, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, 1885) and: wikitree:
William Wilson (Woodhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, 1854-05-03 - Whitchurch, Shropshire, England, 1930-11-27)
and: wikitree:
William Urquhart Wilson (Scotland, 1830-08-09 - Udny, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, 1891)
One of these three??????