William Frederick Petterd was a Tasmanian scientist and boot importer.
He was born in Hobart in 1849, and died in Launceston in 1910.
His first book, A Monograph of the land shells of Tasmania,[1] was the result of a talk to the Royal Society of Tasmania on 12 November 1878.
[5] He was joint author of articles and books with William Harper Twelvetrees.
[6][7] He was a rock and mineral collector, and when he died "His mineral collection, valued at £1212, was placed in charge of the Royal Society of Tasmania on loan for 999 years.