William Elford Leach

(1791-1836)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Leach, William Elford, 1790-1836 NRA: Leach William Elford (1790-1836) Naturalist DNB: Leach, William Elford (1791-1836), naturalist LBT ID: WiLeach1836 VIAF ID: 64788965 LOC ID: nr00018018	B/BAP: 1791-02-02 DIED: 1836-08-25
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Physician and naturalist; he was keeper of the natural history department of the British Museum (1821).
REFERENCES TO William Elford Leach: Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter VI. Found 1: ¶ 30