Person Leach; William Elford (1790 - 1836) Leach William Elford 1790 - 1836 British Male Hoe Gate, Plymouth, Devon, England 2 February 1791` Palazzo San Sebastiano, near Tortona, Italy 25 August 1836 Burial: Grounds of Palazzo de Ferraris, at San Sebastiano Curone near Tortona, then moved to perimeter wall of the cemetery, marked by his sister's original monument.

Education: St Bartholomew's Hospital, London; in 1810 moved to Ediniburgh MD (1812, Edinburgh) Graduated from St Andrew's University Hospital in 1812. Career: Abandoned medicine for natural science; Assistant Librarian, Natural History Department, British Museum in 1813; Assistant Keeper, Natural History Department, British Museum (1821); published first part of his history of British crustaceae (1815); "his mind gave way"; retired to Italy with his sister (1821); died of cholera Memberships: Linnaean Society of London; the Entomological and Zoological Societies fo London; Fellow of the Royal College of surgeons; the Wernerian society of Edinburgh Son of Jane Elford of Bickham House, Roborough, sister to Sir William Elford (FRS 1790) Fellow 15/02/1816 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1836 No 27 p 439 References: E Murphy, 'A mad house transformed: the lives and work of Charles James Beverly FRS (1788-1868) and John Warburton MD FRS (1795-1847)' in NR 2004 vol 58 pp 267 - 281 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 1790 - 25 Aug 1836 NA7442 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/64788965 f7760758-0c13-4398-a84f-6ff1bbc9d8b0