Alexander Macleay

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• Alexander Macleay — Hon. Alexander Macleay MLC FLS FRS (24 June 1767 – 18 July 1848) was a leading member of the Linnean Society and a fellow of the Royal Society.Macleay was born on Ross shire, Scotland, eldest son of William Macleay, provost of Wick. Alexander had …   Wikipedia

• Macleay River — bei Lower CreekVorlage:Infobox Fluss/KARTE fehlt DatenVorlage:In …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Macleay — or Macleay may refer to: People * Alexander Macleay (1767–1848), Scottish civil servant and entomologist. * William Sharp Macleay (1792–1865), British entomologist. * George Macleay (1809–1891), Australian explorer and politician. * William John… …   Wikipedia

• Macleay — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Alexander Macleay (1767–1848), schottischer Entomologe George Macleay (1809–1891), australischer Entdecker und Politiker James William Ronald Macleay (1870–1943), britischer Diplomat William John Macleay… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• MACLEAY, Sir William John (1820-1891) — politician and scientist in later life the second name was not used, was born at Wick, Scotland, on 13 June 1820. He was the second son of Kenneth Macleay and a nephew of Alexander Macleay (q.v.). Educated at the Edinburgh academy he began to… …   Dictionary of Australian Biography

• Macleay Museum — The Macleay Museum, devoted to the history of science, is located on the main campus of the University of Sydney, Australia.The collections of the Macleay Museum are based largely on the efforts and acquisitions of the Macleays, one of the pre… …   Wikipedia

• MacLeay — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. MacLeay peut être : William Sharp Macleay (1792 1865) entomologiste britannique. William John Macleay (1820 1891), entomologiste et naturaliste… …   Wikipédia en Français

• MACLEAY, Sir George (1809-1891) — explorer and politician was the third son of Alexander Macleay (q.v.). He was born at London in 1809, educated at Westminster School, and came to Australia with his father in January 1826 or not long after him. In November 1829 he went with… …   Dictionary of Australian Biography

• MACLEAY, William Sharp (1792-1865) — naturalist eldest son of Alexander Macleay (q.v.), was born in London on 21 July 1792. He was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated with honours in 1814. He was appointed attaché to the British embassy… …   Dictionary of Australian Biography

• Macleay — /məˈkleɪ/ (say muh klay) noun a coastal river in northern NSW rising in the New England Range (as the Guyra River) and flowing south east then north east to the sea at Trial Bay. {named after Alexander Macleay} …