威廉·查普曼·休伊森（，）是一名英國博物學家。身為一位富有的收藏家，休伊森特別熱衷於鞘翅目和鱗翅目，同時也熱衷於鳥巢與鳥蛋的收藏。他的蝴蝶收藏——部分由他親自採集，部分則向世界各地的旅行者購得——是當時規模最大、最重要的收藏之一。他為昆蟲學與鳥類學領域撰寫並出版了許多著作，同時也是一位技藝精湛的科學插畫家。
生平
休伊森在約克接受教育，並於1846年成為倫敦昆蟲學會會士、1859年成為倫敦動物學會會士，以及1862年成為倫敦林奈學會會士。
著作
(1831). [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/103816 British Oology: Being Illustrations of the Eggs of British Birds, With Figures of Each Species, As Far As Practicable, Drawn and Coloured from Nature: Accompanied by Descriptions of the Materials and Situation of Their Nests, Number of Eggs, &c.]* Published for the author, by Charles Empson, Newcastle upon Tyne.
(1851, 1862–1871, 1878). [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46120 Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies, Selected Chiefly from the Collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson]*. Five volumes. London: John Van Voorst. Hewitson paid for the last volume when the trustees of the British Museum refused.
(1862–1878). [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95252 Illustrations of Diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae]*. London: John Van Voorst. Volume 1 Text Volume 2 plates.
(1862). [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/76964 Specimen of a Catalogue of Lycaenidae in the British Museum by W.C. Hewitson]*. London: Printed by order of the Trustees
(1867–1868). Descriptions of One Hundred New Species of Hesperidae*. London: John Van Voorst
with Frederic Moore (1879–1888). [https://archive.org/details/descriptionsofne00hewi/page/n5 Descriptions of New Indian Lepidopterous Insects: From the Collection of the Late Mr. W.S. Atkinson, M.A., F.L.S., &c]*. Calcutta: The Asiatic Society of Bengal.
參見
*威廉·查普曼·休伊森命名的生物分類
參考資料
外部連結
*[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search?searchTerm=%22W+C+Hewitson%22#/titles Digitized works by or about W. C. Hewitson] at the Biodiversity Heritage Library
*Foote, Yolanda. [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/13148 "Hewitson, William Chapman (1806–1878)"] at the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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