A Reverend who was mainly interested in Diptera. Gave several thousand insects to the NHM mainly Diptera and Lepidoptera, but also including Coleoptera as follows: A Calosoma from Avon and Carabus auratus ‘taken at Shabrook by Bluett 1835’ (1875.39); 42 from Portugal (1880.68); 2 Coccinella from N. Italy (1881.34); 32, including 20 cave beetles from S. France (1881.40); 12 from the Cape of Good Hope (1881.55); 5 from Italy (1882.26); 20 from Spain (1884.12); 64 from Algeria (1894.114; 1895.34; 1895.75; 1896.273; 1897.268; and 1910.346) and 5 from Switzerland (1911.439). In addition, the Royal Society gave to the Museum 35 Coleoptera collected by Eaton as a member of the Transit of Venus Expedition (1876.43). There is an obituary by F.W.Edwards in Ent., 62, 1929, pp.167-68. (MD 10/02)
Dates
1845 – 1929