John William Weidemeyer
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John William Weidemeyer (b. in Fredericksburg, Virginia, 26 April 1819; d. in Amityville, New York, 18 January 1896) was a writer and entomologist.
In Germany, his father had been an officer in the bodyguards of Jérôme Bonaparte, king of Westphalia. When John was still young, the family moved to New York City. Among his first teachers was Alexander T. Stewart, and he completed his education at the Columbia College grammar school. For several years he taught at various seminaries in Ohio, but subsequently settled in New York City, where he entered on a business career. He made collections of lepidoptera, including a western North American species that was named in his honor, Limenitis weidemeyerii (Weidemeyer's Admiral). His large collection was purchased by the museum in Ratisbon, Germany. In connection with the study of entomology, he published Catalogue of North-American Butterflies (Philadelphia, 1864).
