Son of the well-known artist of the same name. A brief obituary by Edward Saunders in EMM., 43, 1907, pp.69-70, mentions that Linnell was a ‘very active collector in the neighbourhood of Reigate and Redhill. The writer... has often accompanied him on excursions in search of Coleoptera, and especially of the species which occur in sandpits, in which the locality is rich.’ Linnell’s interest led to his publishing a list of Carabidae in the Holmesdale Natural History Society’s Natural History of Reigate and its Vicinity, 1861 (15pp) to which he added a list of Staphylinidae in 1899. Saunders commented about this ‘The carefulness of his work delayed the publication considerably, but the result is most complete and reliable’. Linnell’s collections passed to his nephew A.H.Palmer of Carn Towan, Sennen, Cornwall and it is presumably these that Chalmers Hunt (1976) p.149 records were sold on 5-6 October 1909 at Stevens’ auction rooms. The sale catalogue mentions that ms diaries were included. (MD 11/03)
Dates
d. May 1906