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
MATHEW, Gervase Frederick 11 February 1842 – 10 February 1928 Younger brother of Rev. Alexander Murray Mathew, who also published on entomology. Mainly a Lepidopterist but had an early interest in beetles writing ‘Coleoptera in North Devon’ in EWI, 6, 1859, pp.43-44; ‘Doings of a Coleopterist’, ibid., 7, 1859, pp.188-89; Captures of Coleoptera’ ibid., 8, 1860, pp.1116-117, and ‘Habits of Bledius tricornis’, Zoo., 18, 1860, p.7217. (MD)