DAVIDSON, Noel
Collected Lepidoptera and Coleoptera in Siam with his wife. 80 of the beetles were acquired by the NHM in 1948 (1948.412). (MD 5/02)
DAVIDSON, James
Gave a collection of 849 Indian insects, mainly Coleoptera, to the RSM in 1899 (1899.5). (MD 5/02)
DAVIDSON, Anstruther
Born at Caithness and studied at the University of Glasgow where he obtained M.B. and C.M. in 1881, and M.D.in 1887. Moved to Los Angeles in 1889 where he practised as a physician before being appointed to Professorships of Dermatology at the University of Southern California and at the College of Physicians and Surgeons. He lived for some time at Clifton, Alaska. Davidson is recorded to have been ‘one of the early naturalists of Southern California and Alaska being particularly interested in botany and entomology’ (Agassiz (1931) p.600).
DAVID, H.E.
Published ‘Diabrotica soror Lee in Glamorganshire’ in EMM., 55, 1919, p.88. This is a N. American species which he found crawling on the sandhills at Gower. (MD 5/02)
DAVENPORT, J.
Gave 15 beetles and other insects which he had collected in the Anamallai Hills to the NHM in 1935 (1935.33) (MD 5/02)
DARWIN, Charles Robert
Born at ‘The Mount’, Shrewsbury the son of Robert Waring Darwin and Susannah, nee Wedgwood, and the grandson of Erasmus Darwin. Began his formal education in 1817 with Mr Case, the local Unitarian Minister, and in the following year moved to Shrewsbury School. In 1825 he determined to take up medicine and joined his brother Erasmus at Edinburgh University, but after two years he gave this up and decided to become a clergyman instead.
DARLING, James ffolliott
Gave 25 Coleoptera from South Africa, Christmas Island and the Canary Islands in 6 batches between 1897 and 1909 to the NHM (97.112; 99.91,122; 1900.236; 1910.195,426). (MD 5/02)
DARLEY, George
Specimens collected by Darley are in the General Collection at Doncaster Museum (some dated 1903). (MD 5/02)
DARBY, Michael Douglas
This is the compiler of this Biographical Dictionary. Born in Northampton the son of Arthur Darby, an electrical engineer, and Ilene, nee Eatwell. Educated at Longrood preparatory and Rugby school, High Wycombe College of Further Education and Reading University (Ph.D., 1974). Apprenticed to Barbara Jones, the artist, 1963. Worked at the Victoria and Albert Museum from 1964 – 1989 (Deputy Director 1983-87). Published many books and articles on art and architecture.
DARBISHIRE, C.J.
Correspondence with F.W.Hope in the HDO includes a letter dated 1830 with a list of Coleoptera. A collection of mainly water beetles was sent by Darbishire to Hope at this time and is also in the HDO (Smith (1986), pp.73,112). (MD 5/02)