Edward Meyrick
Edward Meyrick (born November 24, 1854 in Ramsgate , † March 31, 1938 in Thornhanger, Marlborough (Wiltshire) ) was a British entomologist specializing in small butterflies and their systematics.
His main occupation was teaching classical philology at Marlborough College . He had also studied there and in Cambridge. He was also from 1877 ten years as a teacher at The King's School in Parramatta in New South Wales in Australia. He collected in large parts of Australia and New Zealand.
He mainly dealt with foreign small butterflies from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, South America and Indonesia. He also set up development laws for butterflies named after him.
He was a Fellow of the Royal Society and the Royal Entomological Society in London.
Its collection of over 100,000 copies is in the Natural History Museum .
Fonts
- Exotic microlepitdoptera, 4 volumes, 1912 to 1936
- Handbook of British Lepidoptera, Macmillan 1895, 2nd edition 1928, Archives
literature
- AW Hill, Obituary Notices Fellows Royal Society, 2 (7), 1939, p. 530.
Single receipts
- ^ Edward Meyrick, BA, FRS, 1854-1938. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 1868-1961 , Volume 68, pp. 141-142.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Meyrick, Edward |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British entomologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 24, 1854 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ramsgate |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 31, 1938 |
| Place of death | Thornhanger, Marlborough (Wiltshire) |