Son of William Wilson Saunders (see below). Well known Hemipterist and Hymenopterist, on which orders he published major works, but he was also interested in Coleoptera, particularly in his youth. Born at East Hill, Wandsworth and educated entirely at home (from 1857, at Hillfield, Reigate). In 1865 he entered his father’s office at Lloyd’s and later became a very successful businessman.

A Grandson of William Watson Saunders and nephew of Edward Saunders. Educated at Merchant Taylor’s school and St. John’s College, Oxford. Went to Singapore in 1891 in the Indian Colonial Service and was at one time District Judge there. Later he was Secretary for Chinese affairs and finally Assigner and Registrar of Companies of the Straits Settlements. His obituary in EMM, 77, 1941, p.209 states that whilst in Singapore he formed a large collection of beetles, paying particular attention to the smaller forms, and that this collection was subsequently acquired by the NHM.

Well known Horticulturalist, Lepidopterist and Hymenopterist who lived at Reigate and was President and Vice President of the ESL on many occasions. The HDO acquired 138 Coleoptera from him via F.Walker by purchase in November 1868 for £2-5s 10d; 15 Coleoptera from Brecknock Harbour, W. Australia in January 1869 for 18s and Exotic Coleoptera (which included a few Wallace specimens) in September 1874 for £3 (Smith (1986) pp.147-48).

Collected Coleoptera in the Leeds area around 1943-1952. (Information from Bob Marsh who has 60 records of Coleoptera collected by him). Sherborn (1940) p.117 records a natural history collection in Bristol museum by William Sanders but it is not clear whether this is the same man. (MD 11/04)

Published ‘The Whrligig Beetle (Gyrinus natator)’ in Recreative Science, 1, 1862, pp.305-314. (MD 11/04)

A Colonel who spent much of his working life as a Government official in Nigeria. He was particularly interested in the Scolytidae and published on them from 1911 in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.. He was at work on a Scolytid volume for the FBI series at the time of his death. His burial, ‘impressively’ at sea, was recorded in the national press. Sampson’s collection included that of W.F.H Blandford, the author of the Scolytid volume of the Biologia Central-Americana series, and was bequeathed together with his slide collection (mostly of beetles) and library to the NHM(1926-428).

Well known early entomologist who was not specifically interested in Coleoptera but included them in his publications. As a young man he trained to be a bookseller and joined the firm of Longman, Green.

Professor of Botany at Aberystwyth who had earlier lived in Tenerife, South West France and Dorset. Published ‘Cardiganshire Coleoptera’ in N.W.Naturalist, 11, 1936, p.272. His extensive collection of nearly 36,000 specimens of Coleoptera, Lepidoptera and other insects was given to NMW shortly before his death together with detailed notebooks. His natural history diaries are in the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth. (MD 11/04)

The Insect Department Register at Cambridge indicates that the Museum acquired miscellaneous insects including British Coleoptera from Salt on 11 April 1940. (MD 11/04)

Worked with J.W.Carr and Frank M. Robinson, curators at Nottingham, collecting insects for the Museum during the First World War and donated ‘an extensive series’ of beetles (perhaps his personal collection) to the Museum in 1918. The database at Nottingham includes 4139 records, mostly Coleoptera but some Hemiptera from Notts., few Lincs., Leics., and New Forest; 1883-1918. (Information from Michael Cooper) See also EVANS, W. Mentioned by J.W. Carr, The Invertebrate Fauna of Nottingham (1916; Supplement 1935) as a Coleopterist who 'has worked the area of Nottingham'. (MD 11/04, 12/06)