Employed by Walter Rothschild as a collector. Harvey et al (1996) record that many of the insects he collected went either directly to the NHM or via the Rothschild collection. Later Palmer established, and was curator of the Ilfracombe Museum, North Devon, which opened to the public in 1932. Six MS collecting diaries covering the period 1906-1909 when he was in Central and South America are in the NHM. (MD 9/04)
Dates
1879 - 1955