Born at Peterhead, Aberdeen, but moved to the County of York, Canada as a child. His father is recorded to have 'hewn' his farm out of the forest there. Brodie took a degree in dentistry at the Dental College of Toronto, but after practising for many years, gave this up in 1903 to take charge of the Biological Department of the Provincial Museum. His interests are recorded to have ranged over all natural history subjects, but his favourite pursuit was entomology, and galls in particular.

Vicar of Rowington in Warwickshire for forty four years. An accomplished geologist, he made a particular study of fossil insects and published many articles on them, some of which refer to Coleoptera. Perhaps his best known work is his rare book History of the Fossil Insects of the Secondary Rocks of Britain, 1845, which includes ten plates by J.O. Westwood. He was a member of the Geological Society from 1834.

Lepidopterist. But mentioned in G.J.Arrow, FBI, Lamellicornia, 1917, 159, as having collected Rutelinae at Chittore, near Madras. Smith (1986) records that his Lepidoptera collections in the HDO include letters from Mrs Brodie. (MD 12/01)

Lived at Ryde in the Isle of Wight. Published 'Setting of Coleoptera' and 'Captures of Coleoptera' in Weekly Entomologist, 1862-63, 21 and 109-110; and 'Chirping Beetles' in Sci.Gossip, (2) 1866-67, 41. (MD 12/01)

Probably born in Manchester and perhaps related to the above. Mentioned by Sharpe (1908). Published 'Occurence of Pissodes notatus near Manchester' in Ent.mon.Mag., 7, 1870, 80-81; and 'Captures of Coleoptera in the Manchester district during the past winter', ibid, 8 1872, 289.

Mentioned in Sharpe (1908) as an artizan of Manchester and an energetic Coleopterist. (MD 1/22)

Sold a collection of exotic Coleoptera, and British and exotic Lepidoptera at Stevens's auction rooms on 2 June 1897 (Chalmers-Hunt (1976), 133. (MD 12/01)

Wrote Coleoptera:Scarbaeoidea, in the Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects series published by the RESL 5(11), 1956, 1-29. (MD 12/01)

Born at Whiteparish in Wiltshire one of six children of Harriet Emma and Henry Britten. After living briefly in Scotland, the family moved to Cumberland where Harry started his career as a kennel boy. Later, after a time spent working on the railways, he became head keeper on a large estate.