Born at the Manor House, Chatteris, Cambridgeshire. A man of wide-ranging accomplishments he was a good field naturalist, a talented musician, an athelete, and much involved in public work in the Isle of Ely both as a magistrate and as a County Councillor. Fryer's parents and his uncle, the botanist Daniel Fryer, were all collectors of butterflies, and it is not, therefore, surprising that his initial entomological interests were with the Lepidoptera, his first recorded capture being made in 1868.

Listed in the Ent.Ann., 1860, p.15, as interested in British Lepidoptera and Coleoptera. His address is given as 83 Rumford St., Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester. (MD 12/02)

Born at Pencraig, Herefordshire. He entered his father's mercantile business in Rio de Janeiro where he lived from 1838 until moving back to this country in 1854. During this period he made only one return visit to England, in 1843, when he was married. Fry was an enthusiastic Coleopterist specialising in Cerambycidae and Curculionidae in particular. He not only did a considerable amount of collecting himself but also added to his collections through purchases.

Published ‘Water Beetles and Light reflected by Glass’ in Ent., 16, 1883, p.286. (MD 12/02)

Listed by Cowley,J.(1947) as interested in Lepidoptera, Coleoptera and Diptera. His address is given as 17 Crofton Road, Ipswich. Is this perhaps the same Frost who published articles on insects collected in Ipswich in Trans. City Lond. nat. hist. Soc., 1896, pp.18-20. (MD 12/02)

Gave 21 Coleoptera including 6 paratypes from N. America to the NHM in 1925 (1925.144). (MD 12/02)

Gave 12 Coleoptera which he had collected in the Soloman Islands and N. Guinea to the NHM in 1934 (1934.644) and a further 53 specimens three years later (1937.392). (MD 12/02)

There are specimens bearing this name in the F.T.Grant collection in the HDO (information from James Hogan). (MD 10/03)

West country entomologist who published in the period 1869-1879 a number of articles on insect sight and ability to detect sound. An earlier article in Popular Science Review, 5, 1866, pp.314-326 dealt with the light emission by the Glow worm. Gilbert, P.(1977) mentions an obituary notice and bibliography in Proc. Bristol Soc. Nat. Hist., 7, 1892, pp.1-3, which I have not seen. (MD 12/02, 10/03)

I am grateful to Andrew Duff who has supplied me with a copy of the following note written by Mr Frewin: 'Born 1902 Scotland. 1916 met my mother's cousin J.H.Keys a well known Devonshire Coleopterist. He fired me with enthusiasm and gave me 50 duplicates to start me off. Lived Edinburgh 1907 - 1934, Inverness 1934 - 1962 where I collected in various terrains in Nairn, Elgin, Inverness, Aberdeen, Ross and Cromarty. Met Prof Balfour Browne and D.H.Kevan both of whom gave me much help in naming my specimens. Retired 1962 to Talworth, Chard and moved into Chard 1988.