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)