Brought up in Scotland and trained as a doctor before emigrating, with his wife and three boys, to Australia in the mid 1950s. The family returned to England in 1970 when to he took up the post of Professor of Pharmacology at St Georges Hospital, London.
Volunteered in the library at the RES when it was based in Queens Gate making weekly visits from Bromley, Kent, at his own expense. We met there on many occasions when I was acting librarian and he was always very helpful. After I left he continued to supply me with photocopies of many unique items he'd found routing around in the basement. His impressive knowledge of historical and bibliographic matters concerning the coleoptera was unrivaled, supported by an extensive library of his own packed closely onto double-banked shelves at his home in Kent.
Published 'Saproxylic Coleoptera of Blenheim Palace', Col., 26, 2017, 53-64. (MD 1/22)
Wrote the Coleoptera section of the VCH for Cornwall, 1, 1906, 186-202. (MD 1/22)
The following appeared as hard copy in sheets attached to the Coleopterist's Newsletter, before the Biographical Dictionary transferred to the web.
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Listed as a subscriber to the Coleopterists Newsletter in 1981 (MD 1/22)
Listed as a subscriber to the Coleopterists Newsletter in 1981 (MD 1/22)
Listed as a subscriber to the Coleopterists Newsletter in 1981 (MD 1/22)