Born at Maidstone, Kent. After leaving school was articled to Messers Ruck and Smith, architects and surveyors. Became involved in particular with local government work and, at the early age of twenty nine, was appointed Borough Engineer and Surveyor at Gravesend, a position he held for thirty eight years, before his retirement in 1938. He was a Rotarian and President at one time of the local Historical, Literary and Scientific Society.

Published a number of notes about insects in Ent. between 1878 amd 1881. These included 'Gnorimus variabilis' (12, 1879, pp.20-21) and 'Prionus coriarius at Richmond Park' (13, 1880, p.21). (MD 1/03)

Published 'Captures [of Coleoptera] near Preston' in Weekly Entomologist, 1, 1862, 119, and 'Relaxing Coleoptera' in Naturalist, 1, 1865, 111. M.Denton Ground Beetles in the Yorkshire Museum, 1993, p.7 lists Graham as one of the collectors who supplied specimens to H. Willoughby Ellis. (MD 1/03)

Educated at St. Peter's College, Oxford from 1944 but spent three years as a radio mechanic in the RNVR before taking his degree in 1950. He then joined the HDO where he remained for 21 years firstly as assistant to G.C.Varley and then as 'valued collaborator' in their joint research into the insect populations of Wytham Wood. In 1963 he was appointed University Lecturer in entomology and a Senior Research Fellow of his College. In 1971 he was appointed Lecturer in Forest Entomology and had just started a research programme into Dutch Elm Disease when he died.

Referred to by H.W.Daltry in EMM., 84, 1948, p.9: 'My friend Mr W.D.Graddon, of Congleton, Cheshire, a mycologist who has recently also become interested in Coleoptera'. (MD 1/03)

Worked on Odonata and Coleoptera. Member of the Balfour Browne Club. Attached at one time to Department of Biological Studies at Plymouth Polytechnic. Lived in 1961 at Neath in South Wales.FRES from 1961 – before 2002. (MD 3/03)

Wife of A.W.Gould. Member of the British Entomological and Natural History Society from 1956 interested in Coleoptera alone. (MD 1/03)

Entomological and Natural History Society as a collector of beetles at Ashtead Common (information from John Owen). K.C.Lewis, who acquired many specimens from A.A.Allen, tells me that he has Gould specimens in his collection. Ernest Lewis has written to tell me that he remembers Gould as an enthusiastic collector on South London field meetings and a participant in their indoor gatherings. He was listed in the 1985 list of members and was married to Miss F.A. ASHBY (see above). (MD 1/03, 12/06)

Member of the British Entomological and Natural History Society from 1949 with interests in Coleoptera alone. Lived at 20 Westbrook Road, Blackheath, London SE3. His collection was acquired from his widow by A.A.Allen but was very badly damaged as a result of poor storage conditions. This is the 'A.E.Gould' mentioned on cards belonging to the British Entomological and Natural History Society as a collector of beetles at Ashtead Common (Information from John Owen).

A member of the African Entomological Research Committee which presented various insects including Coleoptera to the NHM in 1912 (1912/119). (MD 1/03)