LIVESEY, R.
Smith (1986) p.134 records that there are South American Coleoptera, Hemiptera, Orthoptera, etc. collected by Livesey in the HDO which came out of a cabinet purchased at Stevens’ saleroom in 1923. (MD 11/03)
LITTLE, William
A Reverend who lived in Kirkpatrick, Scotland. Published ‘Localities of Scottish Coleoptera’ in Mag.Zool.Bot., 2, 1838, pp.232-237. There is an obituary by Edward Newman in Ent., 3, 1867, p.248 which I have not seen. (MD 11/03)
LINNELL, John jun.
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...
LILLEY
There are beetles from Scotland bearing this name in the D.G.Hall collection at Oldham. (Information from Simon Hayhow). (MD 11/03)
LIGHTON, Thomas
Published a ‘Note on the Bombardier Beetle’ in Zool., 2, 1844, p.413. Was also interested in Lepidoptera. (MD 11/03)
LEYLAND, Mr
Mr Leyland of Halifax is mentioned in the Literary Gazette, 111 March 1827 as giving Coleoptera to E.T.Bennett. This is presumably the same Leyland who is mentioned by Stephens (1828), 1, p.18. (MD 11/03)
LEWIS, Keith Charles
Not to be confused with Ernest Lewis (1924-2009). Born in Plumstead, Left school at 14 to work in an office in the City but left after 9 months and spent remainder of working life in two large engineering companies until he retired in 1986 through ill health. First inspired to take up entomology by F.Goode, an early AES member, who he met on holiday in Cornwall. Spent 2 years in Egypt (1950-52). During the 1960s carried out a great deal of work for L. Hugh Newman at his farm in Bexley, Kent and setting work for R.N.Baxter, World Wide Butterflies and R.L.E.Ford..
LEWIS, John Spedan
Founder of the supermarket chain John Lewis. Primarily a Lepidopterist and Dipterist but he did build up a collection of Coleoptera after moving to Leckford, Hants. In 1963 this was housed at Longstock House, Leckford, the home of the John Spedan Lewis Trust. FRES 1908-1962. (MD 11/03)
LEWIS, H.
Mentioned in Gimingham (1955) as a collector of Coleoptera in Hertfordshire. (MD 11/03)
LEWIS, George W.
Born in Blackheath, the second son of the Rev. R.G.Lewis, Vicar of St. John’s Church. Became interested in beetles as a boy and continued the interest when he was sent to China at the age of 23 as the representative of a firm engaged in the tea trade, Arrow who wrote his obituary in EMM., 62, 1926, p.144 notes that ‘A great part of his Chinese collection seems to have been lost through transport difficulties, but a number of previously unknown species were described, notably of Carabidae, by H. W.Bates.’ And a list of the genera was published by Lewis in Zoo.