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William Yarrell
William Yarrell (3 June 1784 – 1 September 1856) was an English zoologist, prolific writer, bookseller and naturalist admired by his contemporaries for his precise scientific work.
Yarrell is best known as the author of ''The History of British Fishes'' (2 vols., 1836) and ''A History of British Birds'' featuring 564 original engravings (in 3 vols., first ed. 1843, second ed. 1845, third ed. 1856). The latter went into several editions and was the standard reference work for a generation of British ornithologists. He described Bewick's swan in 1830, distinguishing it from the larger whooper swan.
==Early life==
Yarrell was born in Duke Street, St James, Westminster to Francis Yarrell and his wife Sarah (née Blane). His father and uncle ran a newspaper agency and bookshop.〔DNB Vol 63 Page 286. Yarrell, William (1784–1856)〕 He studied at Dr Nicholson's school in Ealing.〔 His father died in 1794, and the Yarrells moved the short distance to Great Ryder Street, where William lived the rest of his life. In 1802 he became a clerk with the Herries, Farquhar and Co. bank. In 1803 he and his cousin, Edward Jones, joined his father's business.〔Anon. (1858) () J. of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society 2:33–36 (scanned )〕 He sometimes left the business in Jones's care, going into the countryside to fish and shoot.〔 He acquired the reputation of being the best shot and the best angler in London, and soon also became an expert naturalist. He sent many bird specimens to Thomas Bewick who engraved them as woodcuts.〔
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