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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| DRAKE-BROCKMAN, R.E. | Gave 80 Coleoptera from British Somaliland to the NHM between 1908-11 (1908.176 and 1911.172). (MD 9/02) | ||
| DRANE, Anthony B. | Published 'A belated note on Chloecharis debilicornis (Wollaston) (Staphylinidae) new to Britain', in Col., 3(1), 1994, 1. (MD 1/22) |
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| DRAPER, Walter | Gave 31 Coleoptera from Egypt to the NHM in 1904-05 (1904.241 and 1905.151). (MD 9/02) | ||
| DRESCHER, F.C. | Gave 108 Coleoptera and other insects collected in Java to the NHM in 1934-37 (1934.264, 1937.662). (MD 9/02) | ||
| DREWETT | Gave 6 Coleaptera which he had collected in Egypt to the NHM in 1891 (91.24). His address is recorded as the Savile Club, Piccadilly. (MD 9/02) | ||
| DRING | Sold 96 Coleoptera and other insects to the NHM in 1844 for £6 10s (44.14). (MD 9/02) | ||
| DRUCE, Herbert | 14 July 1846 - 11 April 1913 | Well known Lepidopterist. During the course of his collecting, particularly in Central America he also took Coleoptera. The NHM acquired 42 specimens from Panama which he had collected by purchase from Janson in April 1871 (71.12), and Smith (1986) p.116, records that a bottle of Lepidopterous and Coleopterous larvae which he took at Chiriqui was acquired by the HDO in 1886. It is possible that Coleoptera may also be included in the collection of insects from Borneo acquired by the HDO in 1899. (MD 9/02) | |
| DRUMMOND | Mentioned by J. Stephens (1828-1831), 1, p.113. to whom Drummond gave several specimens of Omaseus aterrimus Fab. from near Cork in Ireland. (MD 9/02) | ||
| DRUMMOND, David Classon | Published a number of notes on Chrysomelidae between 1952-58 including ‘Records of some Chrysomelidae and their food plants', EMM., 88, 1952, p.19; on a parasite of Chrysolina graminius L., ibid., p.46; 'Food plants of Chrysolina species', ibid., 92, 1956, p.368; and 'Records of some species of Oreina and their food plants in Pyrenees Orientales’, ibid., 94, 1958, p.203. FRES 1950-1971. (MD 3/03) | ||
| DRUMMOND, J. P. G. | A Major. Presented several hundred insects from India and elsewhere to the NHM in 1925 including 7 beetles (1925.543). (MD 9/02) |