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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| FISHER, N. | Ryan et. al. (1984) p.62 note that Fisher published ‘Marine beetle at Greenisland, Co. Antrim’ and ‘Aepus and Lipura at Greenisland: a further note’ in INJ., 5, 1935, p.310 and 6, 1936, p.24. (MD 12/02) | ||
| FISHER, Ronald C. | Worked as an entomologist at the Forest Products Research Laboratory at Princes Risborough in the 1920s to 1940s when he published a number of articles on Coleoptera. These included ‘Aulonium trisulcatum Geoff. in Richmond Park’ (EMM., 69, 1933, p.90); ‘On the occurrence of Lyctus brunneus Steph. in Great Britain’, (ibid., 71, 1935, p.42); ‘The habitat of Anoncodes melanura (L.)’, (ibid., 72, 1936, pp.41-42); and ‘A note on Paratillus carus (Newman) and records of its occurrence in Britain’ (ibid., 80, 1944, pp.132-134). (MD 12/02) | ||
| FITCH, Edward Arthur | 23 February 1854 - 28 June 1912 | Best known as a Lepidopterist; for his work on parasitic Hymenoptera much of which was carried out in collaboration with J.B.Bridgman; and for the number of obituaries which he wrote of his fellow entomologists. His publications also included one or two notes on Coleoptera including ‘Granary weevils Sitophilus granarius and S.oryzae’, (Ent., 12, 1879, pp.41-50 and 298, and ‘The Blue Beetlein Essex’, (ibid., 17, 1884, p.212). Gilbert,P. (1977) lists 4 obituary notices. (MD 12/02) | |
| FITZGERALD, D. Vesey | Gave 4 Coleoptera from Venezuela and many other insects to the NHM in 1934 (1934.593). (MD 12/02) | ||
| FITZGERALD, E.A. | Gave 70 Coleoptera and other insects collected by P.H.Gosse jnr. (relative of Edmund?) in Argentina, and a further 12 Coleoptera and other insects collected by himself in La Plata to the NHM in 1899 (1899.124 and 1899.323). (MD 12/02) | ||
| FITZROY, F.H. | A Commander in the Marines. Gave 38 Coleoptera and other insects collected in Cameroon to the NHM in 1919 (1919.327). (MD 12/02) | ||
| FLEET, Wilfrid J. | Made two gifts each of 4 Coleoptera and other insects collected from tea plants in Assam to the NHM in 1906 and 1928 (1906.60 and 1928.149). (MD 12/02) | ||
| FLEMING, John | 1785 - 1857 | Presumably this is the Rev. J. Fleming mentioned in Stephens (1828) p.172, as the captor of Blemus paludosus in Zetland. He appears to have been friendly with Andrew Murray and perhaps accompanied him on collecting trips, for Murray, A. (1853) p.vii, states: ‘Prof. Fleming of the Free Church College, Edinburgh... and myself have more particularly worked out Fife, Perth, Kinross and Clackmannan’. Gilbert,P.(1977) mentions an account of Fleming by A. Bryson in Trans.R.Soc.Edinburgh, 22, 1861, pp.655-680 which I have not seen. (MD 12/02) | |
| FLETCHER, Herbert | There is a small collection of Coleoptera in Sunderland Museum and Art Gallery presented by Fletcher on 1 December 1915. It has been amalgamated into the general collection. (MD 12/02) | ||
| FLETCHER, J.E. | George Green informs me that ‘We recently discovered remains of his collection lost in the bowels of Worcester Museum in old cigar boxes covered with industrial grime and savaged by Museum beetle. Fortunately his labels are pretty good and we can work out his zone of activity mainly on the W side of Worcester. I understand his beetles and lepidoptera were included with other material in the museum but not the afore-mentioned cigar box Diptera, Hymenoptera, Trichoptera, etc....There is no written documentation that we can discover so far. I have been researching his history and think that he was an outstanding entomologist, reclusive, and neglected. If anyone has any reference to any papers other than the EMM and the VCH Worcestershire I should love to hear from them (harrygreen@britishlibrary.net) (MD 10/03) |