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William Sharp MacLeay
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William Sharp MacLeay, British entomologist, was born 21 July 1792 in London and died in Sydney, 26 January 1865. His father was Alexander Macleay.
MacLeay's principal work was Horae Entomologicae (1819-1821). Some parts of this were later published separately (for example, Annulosa Javanica or an attempt to illustrate the natural affinities and analogies of the insects collected in Java by T. Horsfield. Coleoptera). Other minor publications on insects including Remarks on the devastation occasioned by Hylobius abietis in fir plantations in the Zoological Journal and several notes in the Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. MacLeay sent many insects to Frederick William Hope. These are now in the Hope Department of Entomology.
MacLeay was a noted advocate of the short-lived Quinarian system of classification, which is used extensively in Horae Entomologicae.
William Sharp MacLeay emigrated to Australia, where he died.