A Lepidopterist rather than a Coleopterist but he had a wide range of knowledge about insects and worked in the family business in Great Russell Street until about 1911 when he set up on his own account until his retirement in the 1940s. For many years he catalogued the insect lots in Stevens’s sale rooms in King Street, Covent Garden. His own insect collections were destroyed by enemy action in 1944 but K.Lewis tells me has specimens in his collection. FRES from 1898. Member SLENHS 1928/29 – 1953/54 (Council 1931-33; Hon Recorder 1929/30-51/52). (MD 8/03)
Dates
5 February 1876 – 18 May 1964