Biographical dictionary
The Biographical Dictionary of British Coleopterists was compiled by the late Michael Darby. The Dictionary can be accessed below, and see also the additional information provide by Michael:
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| Name | Dates | Biography | |
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| HAYES, J. | A Captain in the Navy after whom Prionus hayesii was named by Downes. The specimen was taken in the Bight of Biafra presumably by Hayes. At the time of its publication by Hope in Trans. Zool. Soc., 1, 1833, it was the largest known beetle. (MD 3/03) | ||
| HAYNES, R. | Coleoptera bearing this name collected in Kent in 1875 are in the Hall collection at Oldham Museum (Information from Simon Hayhow). (MD 3/03) | ||
| HEADLY (also spelt HEADLEY), Charles Burnard | b.1868 | Born in Leicestershire to a family that owned an ironmonger’s business. Burnard was his mother’s family name. Lott (2009) p. 21 records that he appears to have collected his first beetle in 1890 but that a MS Report on C.B.Headly and his association with Leicester Museum by R.Brind (1980) suggests that he did not get into his stride until 1893. ‘He accompanied Frederick Bates to Bradgate Park, who reported that ‘Mr Headley joined me for several weeks and collected most assiduously’. He also gave several joint presentations with Bouskell to the entomology section of the Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society, the first being on ‘The Onion grub’ on 27 February 1894... He continued attending the New Forest excursions until 1899 and remained an intermittent member [of the entomology section] up until 1910. He collected his last beetle in 1906...’ Headly’s collection of 6,000 specimens of 1,300 species was donated to the Leicester Museum (Acc. No. Z193.1909) but Lott reports that only just over one quarter can now be identified (2009): ‘It is possible that some of the remainder are represented by unlabelled material, but this is unlikely because of the differences in mounting style. They are well labelled with locality data.’ Lott also reports that little documentation is associated with the collection beyond a copy of Fowler annotated with Leicestershire records. (MD 11/09) | |
| HEAL, Norman F. | Well knopwn Kent Coleopterist who ran the Kent Coleopterists Group. Published the first record of Triciusa immigrata for Britain in Col., 2(1), 1993, 18, and 'Rhynchaenus populicola (Silverberg) (Curculionidae) further occurrence in Kent', ibid., 3(1), 1994, 25. (MD 1/22) |
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| HEALY, Charles | d. 27 December 1876 | Worked mainly on Saw Flies but did publish 'A Swarm of Ladybirds' in Zool., 4(27), 1869, p.1840. (MD 3/03) | |
| HEARSEY, General Sir John | Presented several gifts of insects to the NHM including 20 Coleoptera from the NW Himalaya and the Punjab (1854/74); 15 Coleoptera from S. Africa collected by Twentyman and 9 from Jamaica collected by Elmsley (1861/13); and 128 Coleoptera from Barrackpore collected by himself (1861/83). (MD 3/03) | ||
| HEASLER, H. | Published a number of notes on Coleoptera in ERJV. and Trans. City London ent. nat. Hist. Soc. from 1891. Most are accounts of collecting trips in and around London, ie. Richmond, but some were farther afield eg. the New Forest, Sudbury, West Wickham, etc.. Heasler added Corticeus linearis (Fab.) to the British list, taken at Oxshott. (MD 3/03) | ||
| HEATH, E.A. | Published 'Description of a new Cetoniid beetle from E. Africa' in Ann. Mag. nat. hist., 5, 1900, pp.397-399, 546 (Golianthus wisei). His foreign collection was acquired by T.G.Bishop (see p.50). (MD 3/03) | ||
| HEATH, O.G. | Published 'Scymnus minimus on hollyhocks in London', EMM, 1923, p.199. (MD 3/03) | ||
| HENDERSON W. | Published 'Scotch Coleoptera' [beetles taken near Glagow] in EMM, 2, 1865, pp.88-89; 'Omalium septentrionis', Ent., 3, 1866, p.67; and 'Occurrence of species of Omalium new to Britain', EMM, 2, 1866, p.205. This last also dealt with spetentrionis which Henderson took on the Isle of Arran. He lived at 34 Hill Street, Glasgow. (MD 3/03) |