Northern Lepidopterist who also had an interest in Coleoptera. He was born in Lancaster but moved to Liverpool where he was in occupation as a ship painter and plumber. His extensive list of publications includes a few articles on Coleoptera, the most important of which is 'On the Coleoptera of the district around Liverpool' in Trans.Hist.Soc.Lancashire and Cheshire, 1, 1861, pp.33-44 and 2, 1862, pp.167-170, which, in spite of its title refers to ground beetles alone. Sharpe (1908) p.13 was somewhat critical of Gregson's list noting that 'his zeal and perseverance as a collector were hardly equalled by his critical knowledge as a Coleopterist. It is not to be taken as absolutely free from error. It was, however, the first attempt at anything like a local list of the order, and was to a great extent incorporated in the very different work of Dr Ellis...'. There are specimens collected by Gregson in the J.W.Ellis collection at Liverpool, and Geoff Hancock sent me some notes which indicate that Gregson's name appears on material at Glasgow from the Notre Dame Teacher Training College which may in turn have come from the Glasgow University Zoology Department (Hunterian Museum). Obituaries appear EMM., 35, 1899, pp.96-97 and Ent., 32, 1899, p.144. (MD 1/03)
Dates
29 September 1817 - 31 January 1899