Son of Herbert Henry Corbett (QV). Recorded in EMM., 57, 1921, p.67 to have become 'a very promising Coleopterist and Hemipterist' at the time of his death as a Captain in the First World War. (MD 4/02)

Arrow (1917) mentions that Corbett caught Rutelinae in Burma. This is presumably the same Corbett that Fowler (1912) mentions collected beetles at Tharawaddy and Pegu. (MD 4/02)

Presented 6,000 insects from Uganda, including Coleoptera, to the NHM in 1956. (MD 4/02)

Published (with P.E.King) 'The occurrence of Metoecus paradoxus L. in Glamorgan' in EMM., 105, 1969, p.114. (MD 4/02)

Main contributor to the C.G.Hall collection at Oldham Museum. Specimens date from 1874-1943 and are mainly from Lancs. Cheshire, Oxon. and Derbys. They include Copris lunaris and Labistamis bidentata and are not housed in matchboxes as has been suggested. (Information from Simon Hayhow). Hancock & Pettitt (1981) record that Cope presented a collection of British (mainly north-west) and 'North America' beetles to Manchester Museum in 1957. (MD 4/02)

Published 'The Water Beetles' in Recreation Science, 3, 1862, pp.83-87. (MD 3/02)

Brother of M. Cooper (see above). Published 'New records of Diptera and Coleoptera from Surrey, Berkshire and Herefordshire' in EMM., 110, 1974, p.84. Lived at Brookside, Llanwarre, Herefordshire. (MD 3/02)

Lived at Enfield, Middlesex and collected Coleoptera FRES from before 1962 - 2002 (MD 3/03)

Brother of S.H.Cooper (see below) and apparently shared his interests in Diptera and Coleoptera. Recorded as taking Stilbus oblongus (Erichs.) at Reigate, Surrey in May 1960, in EMM., 110, 1974, p.84. (MD 3/02)

See OMER-COOPER, Joyce