| Authorised form of name | Spence; William (1783 - 1860) |
| Dates | 1783 - 1860 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Kingston-upon-Hull, East Riding, Yorkshire, England |
| Date of birth | 1783 |
| Place of death | At his residence in Lower Seymour Street, London |
| Date of death | 06 January 1860 |
| Research field | Entomology |
| Activity | Memberships:
FLS (1806); Entomological Society (President 1847)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 10/04/1834 |
| RSActivity | Royal Society roles:
VP 1851-1852 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1860-1862 vol 11 pp xxx-xxxi |
| Code | NA2536 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/004338 | Spence, William | nd |
| MM/14/39 | Letter from William Spence, 18 Lower Seymour Street, to S H Christie | 18 April 1845 |
| IM/004337 | Spence, William | 1829 |
| EC/1834/23 | Spence, William: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| RR/2/143 | Referee's report by William Spence, on a paper 'On the anatomy of Nautilus umbilicatus, compared with that of Nautilus pompilius' by John Denis MacDonald | 30 May 1853 |