A Reverend. Davis and Brewer (1986) p.66 record that he gave, on 19 April 1915, about 1000 Coleoptera to Sunderland Museum, said to be duplicates of another collection given to the Hancock Museum. They have now been amalgamated into the general collection. (MD 1/03)

Gave various insects including Coleoptera collected in Hong Kong to the NHM in 1897 (1897/261). (MD 1/03)

Attached to the Royal Survey Department in Bankok when he gave three gifts of Coleoptera to the NHM: 1913/474, 160 specimens collected in the mountains on the Siam border; 1914/215, 4 more; and 1914/227 a further 9 specimens. (MD 1/03)

Born at Roscrea, Co. Tipperary and educated at Queen's College, Galway and the Royal School of Mines, South Kensington. Entered the NHM as an Assistant in the Zoological Department in 1886 and eventually became Keeper of the recently formed Entomology Department in 1913. Gahan was an entomologist of wide interests but studied the Coleoptera in particular, especially the families belonging to the Phytophaga, the Elateridae and the Cerambycidae. The latter formed his most important publication which was the volume on this group in the FBI.

Mentioned in Dawson,J.(1856) p.46 as the captor of an example of Eurynebria complanata at Arklow sands. Johnson and Halbert,(1902) pp.536,537 note that the lists of Dublin beetles which A.R.Hogan published (Natural History Review, 1, 1853/4, 32-34, 88-91, 98-101, not the Zool. as they state) was comprised largely of records provided by A.H.Haliday and Furlong. They also note that MS notes kept by Furlong passed to Dr E.P.Wright, and that he had a copy of J.F.Stephens, Manual, with marginal notes by Furlong on localities. Ryan, J.G.

Gave 120 Coleoptera from Transvaal to the NHM in 1897 (1897.205). (MD 12/02)

One of a number of entomologists who collected insects including Coleoptera on behalf of the Imperial Bureau of Entomology in Africa, Australia, and Java which were subsequently given to the NHM (1915.393 and 1916.193). (MD 12/02)

Published a number of notes on insects including ‘Notes on Hydrophilus piceus’ in Science Gossip, 15, 1879, 132-133. (MD 12/02)

Published ‘Rhizotragus solstitialis at Hackness’ in Naturalist, 1897, p.370. (MD 12/02)

Son of Herbert Fortescue Fryer and did much of his early entomological work with his father as is clear from their many joint publications (see above). Fryer was a botanist by profession becoming Director of the Plant Pathological Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture.