caption death_date death_place birth_place nationality article_title fields birth_date alt residence known_for image spouse name alma_mater
red godwit '' scolopax lapponica '' by william markwick 6 april 1812 1739 catsfield , sussex catsfield , sussex english william markwick
 zoology , botany 1739 watercolour illustration of red godwit by william markwick sussex phenology red godwit scolopax lapponica by william markwick ca 1800.jpg mary date william markwick peterhouse college , cambridge
william markwick

william markwick -lrb- 1739 -- 6 april 1812 -rrb- , who took the name of william eversfield , was a fellow of the linnaean society and a keen naturalist , known for his pioneering phenological observations recorded in gilbert white 's 1789 book `` the natural history and antiquities of selborne '' .
many of his scientific writings remain unpublished , in some cases despite being submitted to the linnaean society .
