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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| INCHBALD, Peter | 1815? - 13 June 1896 | Well known Yorkshire naturalist who specialised in Diptera. Published one note on Coleoptera 'Ravages of the grub of the Cockchafer' in Zoo, 6, 1848, p.2555. (MD 6/03) | |
| ING, Bruce | Lived in London E5 and took a particular interest in Beetles and Neuroptera. MD (10/03) | ||
| INGALL, Thomas | 1800-1862 | This is presumably the 'Mr Ingall' referred to by Dawson (1854) p.61. He was employed for many years by the Bank of England and was a keen naturalist with a particular interest in entomology being one of the original members of the Entomological Club and the Entomological Society. Selected Coleoptera and Lepidoptera from Ingall's collection are in the HDO, purchased from St. Bartholomew's Hospital in 1927. (Smith (1986) p.129), and twelve examples of Cryptocephalus coryli were presented by him to the NHM in 1857 (1857-23). A typescript titled The Irregular Diary of an Entomologist, 1832-1860, being a copy by his son W.T.F.M. Ingall, is in the NHM (Harvey, et al. (1996) pp.108-09. This formed the basis of a biographical article by Richard South in Ent., 28, 1895, pp.40-45. The Museum also has three letters from W.T.F.M.Ingall to South concerning the diary. (MD 6/03) | |
| INGALL, William | Published 'Scent of Cicindela campestris' in Zoo., 22, 1864, p.9077. Is this, perhaps, the son of Thomas Ingall, see above? (MD 6/03) | ||
| INGLIS, Sir R.H. | Gave Copris and other insects to the NHM in 1844 (1844/15). (MD 6/03) | ||
| INGPEN, Abel | 20 May 1796 - 14 September 1854 | Author of the well known Instructions for Collecting, Rearing and Preserving British and Foreign Insects..., 1827, 1839, 1843, 1849, and also of the Entomologists Guide, 1824, 1839. The 1827 edition of the Instructions includes a list of one hundred or so Coleoptera as new to the British list, thus pre-dating their appearance in Stephens (1828 and later). Ingall's shorter publications included one concerning beetles 'Notes upon the economy of Brachinus crepitans and Sirex duplex' in Proc.ESL., 1839, p.82. There are various references in Stephens (1828) eg. '20 April 1827. My friend Mr Ingpen has this day shown me a second specimen of C[incidela] riparia captured near Manchester' (p.10). Ingpen presented an example of a Paussus from Adelaide, Australia to the NHM in 1849 (1849/31). He died in Chelsea. Gilbert (1977) p.185 mentions two obituaries Proc.ESL., 3, 1854, pp.50-51 (by E. Newman) and Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond., 2, 1855, p.425-26, which I have not seen. (MD 6/03) | |
| INGRAM, T. Lewis | Gave 4 examples of Paussus from W. Africa to the NHM in 1865 (1865/43). (MD 6/03) | ||
| IRVINE, W.H. | Mentioned by Arrow (1917), as collecting specimens in Bengal. (MD 6/03) | ||
| ISABELL, J. | Published 'Additions to the Coleoptera of the Land's End District' in Trans. Penzance nat. Hist. Soc., 3, 1888-92, pp.247-250. There are specimens in the general collection at Doncaster labelled 'ex Isabell coll Armytage' which perhaps refer to this Isabell. (MD 6/03) | ||
| IVER, Mr | Fowler (1912) records that he collected Paussidae at Goalpara in Assam. (MD 6/03) |