HOLME, W.F.
Smith (1986), p.78, records that there is a manuscript 'Catalogue of Coleoptera taken by myself in Gloucestershire', and letters to F.W.Hope, in the HDO. Holme is not mentioned by Atty (1983). (MD 5/03)
HOLME, H.J.
A Reverend. Davis and Brewer (1986), p.82, note that a small collection of Lepidoptera and Coleoptera collected by Hume is in the Sunderland Museum, donated on 30 May 1929. (MD 5/03)
HOLME, Frederick
Published various notes on Coleoptera between 1837 and 1845 including: 'On the Coleopterous insects observed in the Scilly Isles in July and August 1836', Trans.ESL., 2, 1837, pp.58-64; 'Notes on the explosive properties of Brachinus crepitans', ibid., p.7; Rough notes on the habits, manners, etc.
HOLLAND, William
A shoemaker who established his entomological reputation with his work on Lepidoptera in the area of Reading where he lived. In 1893 Holland moved to Oxford and joined the staff of the HDO where, under the tutelage of Professor E.B.Paulton, he turned his attention in the field to Coleoptera. J.J.Walker in his obituary in EMM, 66, 1930, p.187, noted: 'he was among the first to reveal the exceptional richness and interest of the beetle fauna of the Oxford district. The writer ...
HOGAN, Arthur R.
A Reverend who lived at Corsham, Wiltshire. He wrote several notes about Coleoptera the most important of which was a 'Catalogue of Coleoptera found in the neighbourhood of Dublin', Nat. Hist. Rev., 1, 1854, pp.32-34, 88-91, 98-101, with Supplement, ibid., 3, 1856, pp.72-73. His other notes included 'Query as to Helophorus dorsalis' in Zool, 14, 1856, pp.5111-5112 and 'Telephorus rusticus carnivorsus', ibid., 18, 1860, p.7110.
HODGSON, Brian
Gave thirty Coleoptera from Nepal to the NHM in 1845 (1845/9). (MD 5/03)
HODGSON, A.E.
Published six or so articles on Coleoptera mainly from the Forest of Dean but also including Scotland and Deal in the EMM between 1880 and 1883. He gave his address as Coleford, Gloucestershire. Atty (1983), p.iv, mentions that he was the Curate there. (MD 5/03)
HODGKINSON, J.B.
Published a short note in EWI,, 86, 22 May 1858, p.61, listing beetles he had found presumably in the neighbourhood of Preston from which he wrote. (MD 5/03)
HODGE, Peter J.
Born at Crowborouqh, E. Sussex. Moved to Uckfield and lived there until April 1969 when he married and moved to his present address at Ringmer. Educated at Uckfield Parochial and County Secondary Schools, and for one year at Lewes Technical College on a pre-diploma course in engineering. Left to work for the Post Office Telephones Department at Tunbridge Wells (joined September 1961). Worked for the Post Office and British Telecom for twenty seven and a half years mainly on subscribers and exchange maintenance, including many old manual exchanges.
HOBSON, Julian
A Colonel in the Army. Gave more than fifty beetles he had collected in Aden to the NHM in 1900 (1900/109). Perhaps this is the same J.Hobson who, as a Lieutenant, was recorded in EMM, 2, 1866, p.72, as sending beetles from India. (MD 5/03)