Mentioned in Sharp (1908) p.13 as an artisan of Manchester who was an energetic Coleopterist. Johnson (2009) suggests that he may have been born in Salford.Published seven notes in EMM between 1868 and 1873 mainly recording finds in the Manchester area. Morley’s name appears in the Gorham diary in Birmingham Museum and in the Janson diary at Cambridge (eg, June 1869). His collection was purchased by the Manchester Museum in 1904 via A.Reston and has been incorporated into the general collection. Johnson (2004) records that it consists of several thousand specimens. Associated with it are some MSS including notebooks and catalogues listing localities and collectors. (MD 2/04, 11/09)
Dates
b. ?1837