Born in Berwick. Published ‘An inquiry respecting the nature of the luminous power of some of the Lampyridae, particularly of L.splendidula, italica and noctiluca’ in Quart.J.Sc and Arts., 17, 1824, pp.269-270 and 21, 1826, pp.241-251. (MD 12/04)
Dates
1789 – 4 August 1840