SLATER, J.W.
Published notes on Cychrus rostratus and Carabus catenulatus in Zool., 3, 1845, p.888 and 5, 1847, p.1674 . (MD 11/04)
SKRIMSHIRE, Thomas
A Reverend. One of four brothers three of whom were entomologists : Dr Fenwick Skrimshire, William Skrimshire (Junior) and himself. Published ‘A Catalogue of Coleopterous Insects collected in a few hours at Wisbech, with a note of M. Haworth.’ in Trans.ESL, 1812, pp.315-322. I haven't seen this paper but Darren Mann informs me that it is an extremely usefuln resource on the brothers (MD 11/04, 2/20)
SKINNER, Percy F.
Stevens sold the British Lepidoptera and Coleoptera ‘neatly carded’ on 8 May 1928. The beetles were contained in a polished pine cabinet of twelve drawers (lots 121 – 130). (MD 11/04)
SISLEY, Claude
Cousin of the painter Alfred Sisley. Worked for Cuprinol and was their technical adviser from 1933 – 56 with a special interest in wood boring insects. FRESL from 1952. (MD 11/04)
SIDEBOTHAM, Joseph
Born near Hyde, Lancashire and after leaving school worked for a firm of calico printers in Manchester. Subsequently he became a partner in Strines Printing Company where he remained until he retired. His obituary in EMM., 22, 1885, p.46 states that he was ‘a born naturalist, and obtained much proficiency in Botany and Entomology, making important discoveries in the latter branch, especially in Coleoptera. Latterly he attended to other departments of science, and he published important papers on Astronomy, Microscopy and Photography’.
SHUCKARD, William Edward
Primarily a Hymenopterist but known by Coleopterists for the volume he published with illustrations by William Spry The British Coleoptera Delineated, consisting of figures of all the genera of British Beetles (1840, 1861). Little is known about Shuckard who was the son of the German landlord of the Old Ship Hotel, Brighton.
SHOPLAND
Fowler (1912) mentions him as a collector of Cicindelidae at Karachi. Some records link his name with that of Bell. (MD 11/04)
SHEPPARD (or SHEPPERD), Edward (R.?)
There is some confusion surrounding this name which is easily muddled with that of Edward Shepherd (see above) and Major E.Sheppard who was a Lepidopterist whose collection was sold after his death by Stevens on 25-26 March 1889 (with A.F.Sheppard’s collection).
SHEPHERD (also SHEPPERD), Edward
Very little information survives about Shepherd who was a well-known collector of Coleoptera in his day and also Secretary of the ESL (1855-66). He shared the role for part of this time with E.W.Janson but their relationship cannot have been happy for Shepherd was one of the signatories to the document which was highly critical of Janson’s management of the Society’s collections and recommended his sacking. (Neave and Griffin (1933)). Smith (1986) p.150 records that the HDO acquired 22 Coleoptera by exchange from E. Shepherd in 1858.
SHAW, Herbert Kenneth Airy
Born at Woodbridge, Suffolk, the son of a schoolmaster. Read classics at Corpus Christi, Cambridge but transferred to botany in 1923 obtaining his BA in 1924. Subsequently worked for much of his professional life at Kew where he specialised in the Euphorbiaceae. His interest in entomology developed after the second World War when he joined the Cotteswold Naturalist’s Field Club (1941) and the Amateur Entomologists Society (1943), and focussed on food plants in particular.