Well known economic entomologist who worked with A.M.Massee at East Malling Research Station for ten years on biology and control of apple blossom weevil and of woolly aphid. In 1942 he joined W.E.Ripper in Pest Control Ltd and was involved in the earliest formulations of DDT. He subsequently became a manager and much involved in translation from French, German, Dutch and Russian. As a result of illness he went part time in 1967 before retiring early in 1969. Throughout his working life he maintained an interest in British Hemiptera and Coleoptera as a hobby. Greenslade’s collections were bequeathed to John Heath (Monks Wood) and his books were sold. There is an obituary in Proc.RESL., 40, 1975-76, p.51. FRES from 1936. Council 1946-1948. (MD 3/03)
Dates
14 September 1908 – 24 February 1975