His father worked in London as Dutch shipbroker and also held the position of Consul General of the Netherlands. John William subsequently became Vice Consul. An obituary in EMM., 38, 1902, p.186 states ‘He took a keen interest in entomology, and we think had amassed very considerable collections especially in Coleoptera and Hymenoptera... But he published little if anything.’ Chalmers-Hunt (1976) p.140 records that his British Coleoptera collection was sold by Stevens on 17 March 1903. FESL 1860, Council (MD 2/04)

Born in Essex but emigrated to New Zealand in the 1950s with her husband and children. Joined the Plant Diseases Division, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Auckland in 1956 where she became a dedicated speleologist, surveying and mapping large areas of limestone caves and discovering new cave beetles. Her particular interest was in weevils especially their biology and immature stages and upon which she became a world authority.

There is a collection of 21,000 specimens in the RSM (accession no. 1962-24) collected from about 1916-1938. Incorporated into the collection is that of H.Heasler whose specimens were nearly all remounted and re-labelled by May but bear initials HH. Most of these date from up to 1903. Also includes specimens from other collectors including E.A.Newbery, P.H.Harwood, H. Donisthorpe, and A.Ferguson.. The origin of other specimens labelled ‘Old Coll’ and ‘D’s Box’ is obscure.

Foreign beetles principally from South Africa and Nigeria collected by Miss Katherine Maxwell and others were acquired by Glasgow Museum in 1985.(information from Geoff Hancock). (MD 2/04)

Brother of Andrew (see above) and like him was also ordained. Clearly an enthusiastic Coleopterist but virtually all we know about him is contained in a note ‘Leistotrophus cingulatus in Devonshire; with obituary notice of the Rev. H.Matthews’ (EMM., 14, 1887, pp.38-39). ‘As a collector but few have ever been more successful, he seemed intuitively to recognise any strange form instantly on its appearance, and many of the best species recorded by myself in the pages of the EMM and other publications have been the result of his labours.

A Reverend and father of the Reverends Andrew and Henry, and J.B. Matthews. Because all the Matthews collected beetles and one son had the same name and title as the father there has been some confusion about who did what (eg. Hagen, 1862). Unfortunately very little seems to be known about Andrew Hughes, a contemporary of Stephens who was clearly a very competent Coleopterist and lived at Weston on the Green, Oxfordshire. He published ‘On Zerucera aesculi’ in Mag. Nat. Hist. 1 (2), 1829, pp.66-67, and ‘Notice of some new Genera and Species of Brachelytra’ in Ent.