In 1900 the HDO acquired 212 insects of many orders collected by Strachan in Lagos , chiefly the Ogun River Basin. (Smith(1986) p.153). (MD 11/04)

Born in Manchester, the youngest son of James Stott of Basford Hall, Stoke on Trent. Began his business career there but transferred to London as Continental traffic manager of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company and the Goole Steamship Company. Lived in Reigate until his retirement in 1927. Stott was interested in entomology from boyhood, first as Lepidopterist and then as a Coleopterist. Member of the North Staffordshire Field Club and contributed records to Sharp (1908) who notices that he lived at Swinton, near Manchester and was formerly resident at Bolton le Moors.

‘Mr Stone’s cabinet’ is mentioned by Stephens (1828), I, pp.23, 182, and 2, p. 44. He would have been rather young but could this be Stephen Stone (1810-1866) of which Newman wrote an obituary in Ent., 3, 1866, pp.154-56 which I have not seen? (MD 11/04)

Beetles collected by Stokes are in the Kaufmann Cerambycid collection at Manchester. (MD 11/04)

Published ‘Notice of the species of Carabus occurring around London’ in Morris Naturalist, 5, 1855, pp.253-54. (MD 11/04)

Exhibited two cases of beetles at the 5th annual conversazione of the Alloa Society of Natural Science and Archaeology on 3 December 1868 (Proc., 5, 1866-68). (MD 11/04)

Gave 222 insects including Coleoptera from Penang to the RSM in 1863. (MD 11/04)

There is a ms on Coleoptera in the HDO labelled by Westwood Stewart’s Manuscript 1802. (Smith (1986) p.88). (MD 11/04)

There is a box of Coleoptera sent to Hope by Stevenson in 1835 in the HDO (Smith(1986) p.152). (MD 11/04)

Brother of Samuel Crace Stevens who founded the King Street auctioneering firm and who he joined in partnership after failing to become an artist. In 1848, however, he retired to set up the Natural History Agency which subsequently became the means by which many big collections were distributed including those of Bates and Wallace. After his brother died Stevens returned to the auction house for a while to assist his nephews to learn the business.