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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUDSON BEARE, Sir Thomas. | See BEARE, Sir Thomas Hudson | ||
| HUDSON, George Vernon | 20 April 1867 - 5 April 1946 | Well known New Zealand entomologist who was born in London. His father was an artist who taught him to paint insects well enough that he was able to write and illustrate a small book at the age of twelve. Almost all his publications were on subjects other than beetles although he did write a number of works on glow worms in New Zealand eg. Ent., 24, 1891, pp.26-29. In spite of this his obituary in Proc.RESL, C, 11, 1946-47, p.61, states that he was 'an assiduous collector, especially of the Coleoptera'. These insects are presumably now in the Dominion Museum at Wellington to which he bequeathed all his collections (He died in the field with a copy of South's Moths open on his lap!). Hudson was a friend of J.J.Walker and sent many beetles to him after 1939 which are now in the HDO. Hudson was also an Astronomer and discovered the star Nova Aquilae. (MD 5/03) | |
| HUGGINS, H.C. | Published a number of notes on Coleoptera including 'Strangalia aurulenta (F) in West Cork', Ent.,86, 1953, p.40; 'Some notes on Strangalia aurulenta (F)', Ent. Rec., 65, 149-150; 'Cetonia aurata ab. nigra in the Isles of Scilly', Ent., 92, p.26. (MD 5/03) | ||
| HUGHES, A.W. | K.C.Lewis tells me that he has specimens collected by Hughes in his collection. (MD 12/06) | ||
| HUGHES, Richard Owen | Lepidopterist who also collected beetles. Lived at Talybont, Nr Bangor. FRES 1954. (MD 5/03) | ||
| HUGHES, T. | Published 'The Furniture Beetle' in Sci. Gossip, 14, 1878, p.22. (MD 5/03) | ||
| HUMBLE, Mrs | Formed collections of insects including Coleoptera which passed from Shipley Art Gallery to Sunderland Museum in 1976. Davis and Brewer (1986), p.84, suggest that the collections were probably added to by Thomas James and W.B.Charlton. (MD 5/03) | ||
| HUMPHREYS, Henry Noel | 1810 - 1879 | Well-known illustrator and Lepidopterist. He did publish two notes on Coleoptera 'The Burying Beetles or Sextons' in Recr. Science, 1860, pp.306-310, and ‘The English Beetles and their relatives in the Tropics’, ibid.,3, 1863, pp.1-10. (I have a great deal of information about this chap if anybody is interested). (MD 5/03) | |
| HUMPHRIES, E.C. | Harvey et al. (1996), p.108, record that a Ms Notebook listing 1029 Coleoptera from Trinidad is in the NHM (1953-636). (MD 5/03) | ||
| HUNT, William | Lived in Barnstable where he was organist of the Parish church. His collection is in Leicester Museum. Ernest Lewis, who knew Hunt, has written to me about him as follows: ‘I think he lived in the Lake District in earlier years... In July 1961 I spent a day collecting with Hunt at Braunton Burrows, the only time I met him. He was of a solitary character and I am not sure that he ever published anything or joined any societies. My introduction came through a friend, Walter Watts, who spent collecting holidays with him, but I do not know how they met’. (MD 5/03) |