Founder of the supermarket chain John Lewis. Primarily a Lepidopterist and Dipterist but he did build up a collection of Coleoptera after moving to Leckford, Hants. In 1963 this was housed at Longstock House, Leckford, the home of the John Spedan Lewis Trust. FRES 1908-1962. (MD 11/03)
Dates
22 September 1885 – 21 February 1963