Gave a collection of Coleoptera to Berwick Museum on 8 September 1882 (Davis and Brewer (1986) p.126). (MD 11/04)

Gave beetles from the Gold Coast to Birmingham Museum on 26 October 1923 and 7 May 1924. He worked at the time for the firm of Russell and Co.. (MD 11/04)

Published ‘Prionus corarius in Hertfordshire’ in EMM., 95, 1959, p.108. He lived at Newton Abbot in Devon (Information from Trevor James). (MD 11/04)

Lived at Deganwy, Gwynedd. Made a collection of British beetles in 16 storeboxes which in 1982 was housed at the National Trust’s Penrhyn Castle, Bangor. Many of the specimens are unlabelled. (Information from Keith Alexander). (MD 11/04)

Born at Manchester and spent his childhood in Windermere. Educated at Harrow and Cambridge where he read law and became a barrister. His interest in natural history was such, however, that he soon gave this up and returned to Cambridge as a postgraduate student of biology. Subsequently became a farmer at Crook near Kendal with a special interest in economic entomology. During the first World War he moved to Rothamstead where he worked on aphids and elateridae, particularly species of Agriotes and Athous on which he published 5 papers between 1915-1928.

Well known Californian natural historian who described several species of American Coleoptera, but who was born in Winchester and studied medicine at London University before moving to America in c. 1867. He was sufficiently interested in entomology whilst a student to join the ESL and to attend meetings there, and he subsequently became acquainted with many of the leading British naturalists of his day including T. Huxley, C. Darwin, A. Wallace, T.V.Wollaston, F. Walker and G. Crotch.

Best known as the publisher of Icones Ornithopterorum (1898-1906), the first monograph on bird wing butterflies, but he also interested himself in other insects, molluscs and minerals. His insect collection amounting to 105,765 specimens, of which 56,828 are Coleoptera, is in the NMW. There is a good account of Rippon by Ashley Kirk-Spriggs in Archives of Natural History 22(1), 1995, pp.97-118. He was born in Bocking, Essex and appears to have started his professional life as a ‘Professor of Musick’ and he published some light songs and piano music.

Son of Robert Rippon (see below) and shared his father’s enthusiasm for entomology. He moved to Toronto, at one time being Librarian of the Natural History Society there. The bulk of his collection is in the Royal Ontario Museum (donated in 1938) but some specimens collected in Canada are in his father’s collection at the NMW. (MD 11/04)

Foremost American economic entomologist of his day who was born in Chelsea but moved to Illinois at the age of 17 after spending six months in France and Germany. He published more than 2,400 papers and founded the entomological collections in the US National Museum by donating his own of more than 115,000 specimens, mostly of economic insects, in 1880, and was subsequently appointed honorary curator. Gilbert (1977) p.317 lists 31 obituary and other notices. (MD 11/04)

FRESL from 1961-67 when his special interests were Coleoptera and Lepidoptera. (MD 11/04)