William Jones (naturalist)

William Jones (1745–1818) was an English naturalist and entomologist

Willam Jones who was a wealthy wine merchant in London. His interest in natural history led to his being elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London in 1791. He is best known for Jones Icones 1,500 watercolours of butterflies and some moths which is conserved in Oxford University Museum of Natural History. It was never published. He died in Chelsea

Jones Icones illustrates specimens from the collections of Dru Drury, Joseph Banks and John Francillon as well as a few from the British Museum and Linnean Society collections.

References

Vane-Wright, R.I. 2010 William Jones (1745–1818) Chelsea and the need for a digital, online Icones. Antenna (Bulletin of the Royal Entomological Society 34 (1):16–21.