Author talk:William Thompson Bednall

Beddnal or Beadnal(l) ? — billinghurst  sDrewth  06:42, 1 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Page:Transactions NZ Institute Volume 7.djvu/15 has Beddnal, as does Page:Transactions NZ Institute Volume 7.djvu/635. A quick search under Beadnel(l) as a malacologist doesn't give me a "W", so I'm not sure. Beeswaxcandle (talk) 07:01, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article45847689 has W T Bednall donating crustacean specimens to the museum in Adelaide, South Australia in 1886. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18750203.2.27 references Captain Hutton of the Otago Institute mentioning a paper by W Bednall of Adelaide. Death reported here: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article164196153. Conclude that this is the same person, full name William Thompson Bednall. Also here: https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/bednall-william-thompson-18189 Wainuiomartian (talk) 05:12, 10 June 2023 (UTC)
 * I have moved the page to the full name and connected it with Wikidata. --Jan Kameníček (talk) 11:05, 10 June 2023 (UTC)