Born in Ceylon where his father, John Philip Green, was a planter. Educated in England but returned to Ceylon at the age of nineteen to assist in the management of his father's estate. He soon became interested in Coccids and other pests, and in 1897 was appointed Honorary Entomologist to the Ceylon Government. Two years later he was appointed Government Entomologist, a position he held until 1913 when he retired to the the UK after suffering from malaria. Green is best known as a world authority on the Coccidae, but it is clear from volumes in the FBI series, and from his many publications on insect pests, that he also collected and was familiar with the Coleoptera. FRES from 1891, President 1923-24, Vice-President 1915, 1925. There are obituaries in EMM., 85, 1949, pp.215-216; Nature, 164, 1949, p.398, and Proc.RESL., 14(C), 1949-50, p.64. (MD 1/03)
Dates
20 February 1861 - 2 July 1949