Born in Mexico and educated at the University of California and later at King’s College, Cambridge. Took part in scientific expeditions to Mexico 1933, and to Peru, Bolivia and Brazil, 1937. Worked at the NHM 1939-1949 when he was appointed Lecturer in the Department of Zoology at Bristol Univesity where he became Head of the Department in 1970. His particular interest was in the Coleoptera, and he made extensive use of the electron microscope to study eggs, spiracles and cuticular structures. His most famous work is probably is three volume Biology of Insect Eggs, published posthumously in 1981. He founded and edited the periodical Journal of Insect Physiology. FRES. (President). FRS. There is a detailed account in Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, 24, 1978, pp.151-182 with bibliography and portrait. (MD 5/03)
Dates
1912-1977