General naturalist, botanist and entomologist with particular interests in Lepidoptera and Coleoptera. James (1973) records the important contribution which Eagles made to the BENHS which he joined in 1927 and of which he became an Honorary Member in 1959. His involvement with the Society included acting as Editor 1945-1955, and as Treasurer 1936-1944. It was to this Society that Eagles's collections of Lepidoptera and Coleoptera, and his library, were given by his family after his death. K.FC.Lewis tells me that there Eagles specimens in his collection.Pederson (2002) p,126 records that there is correspondence with C.J.Wainwright in the RESL. He lived at 32 Abbey Road, Enfield. (MD 10/02, 12/06)
Dates
d. 1971