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Darwin Correspondence Project

Samuel William Leonard

fl. 1840s

Lithographer. A member of the Microscopical Society of London from 1840. Artist who undertook to prepare drawings of objects as seen under the microscope. Probably Samuel William Leonard Williams, known as Samuel William Leonard (1777/7–1873), lithographer and artist, retired from at least 1861, living in south London.

Sources

BMD (Death index)

Census returns of England and Wales 1841 (The National Archives: Public Record Office HO107/1060/1/4/71/21), 1851 (HO107/1569/198/11), 1861 (RG9/107/10/15), 1871 (RG10/734/142/11)

England & Wales, national probate calendar (index of wills and administrations), 1858–1995 (Ancestry.com, accessed 14 August 2022)

Bibliography

BMD: General Register Office, England and Wales civil registration indexes. England & Wales birth index, 1837–1983. England and Wales marriage index, 1837–1983. England and Wales death index, 1837–1983. Online database. Provo, Utah: The Generations Network. 2006. www.ancestry.com.

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