Biographical dictionary
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| Name | Dates | Biography | |
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| MAY, Brenda | 1917 – 7 October 1998 | Born in Essex but emigrated to New Zealand in the 1950s with her husband and children. Joined the Plant Diseases Division, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Auckland in 1956 where she became a dedicated speleologist, surveying and mapping large areas of limestone caves and discovering new cave beetles. Her particular interest was in weevils especially their biology and immature stages and upon which she became a world authority. 28 of her published papers were on this group the most important being a systematic overview which appeared as volume 28 of the Fauna of New Zealand series in 1993, and a paper dealing with the immature stages in Zimmerman, E.C. Australian Weevils, 2, pp.365-726. There is a photograph and obituary by G.Kuschel in Curculio, 43, December 1998, pp.14-15, from which the above is taken. (MD 2/04) | |
| MAY, John William | 1826 – 17 June 1902 | His father worked in London as Dutch shipbroker and also held the position of Consul General of the Netherlands. John William subsequently became Vice Consul. An obituary in EMM., 38, 1902, p.186 states ‘He took a keen interest in entomology, and we think had amassed very considerable collections especially in Coleoptera and Hymenoptera... But he published little if anything.’ Chalmers-Hunt (1976) p.140 records that his British Coleoptera collection was sold by Stevens on 17 March 1903. FESL 1860, Council (MD 2/04) | |
| MAYNARD, G.J. | He is listed by James,T.J. (2018) as providing a special contribution either in the form of a comprehensive site list or a substantial number of records (MD 1/22) |
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| McCRAE, W. | This name appears on Coleoptera in the Hall collection at Oldham (Information from Simon Hayhow). (MD 2/04) | ||
| McGREGOR, Thomas M. | Worked as a printer in Perth before emigrating to Australia in c. 1896. The large beetle collection in Perth Museum was primarily his work (and Francis Buchanan White’s). A photograph and some correspondence (includes T.Hudson Beare?) is associated with it. (Information from Michael Taylor). 1883-84. Corresponding Member of the Dutch Entomological Society and a Knight of the Netherlands’ Lion. (MD 2/04) | ||
| McNAB, W.R. | A Doctor who published ‘Occurrence of Lathridius filum Aube; a species new to Britain’ in EMM., 3, 1866, p.46. Gave his address as the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh. Mentioned in the Janson diary at Cambridge eg. Aug 1869. Two specimens of Mormolyce phyllodes from Java were given by him to the RSM in 1861. (MD 2/04) | ||
| McNAUGHT | A collection of beetles and Lepidoptera made by McNaught before 1970 is in Bury Art Gallery and Museum (Acc. No. 1907.13). (Fenscore). (MD 2/04) | ||
| McNULTY, B.J. | There are beetles bearing this name in the collection of K.C.Lewis. (MD 12/06) | ||
| MELLY, C. | Represented in H.W.Ellis’ foreign beetle collection in Liverpool Museum. (MD 2/04) | ||
| MELVILLE, Cosmo | Published an article on the Insecta including Coleoptera of the Manchester district in British Association Handbook, 1886 (Sharp (1908) p.14). (MD 2/04) |