Edwin R. Leach
Edwin Ralph Leach (born May 3, 1878 in Vallejo (California) , † July 22, 1971 ) was an American entomologist .
Leach was interested in insects and natural history as a teenager and studied mining at the University of California, Berkeley with a bachelor's degree in 1901. During the Great Depression , he ran a copper mine in Trinity County . He was later a director of an insurance company (Insurance Securities Inc.) and the Buttes Gas and Oil Company .
In addition, he dealt with entomology, especially with beetles. He had a preference for scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) and the genus Pleocoma , about which he published in 1933 and described two new species.
He was an honorary member of the Pacific Coast Entomological Society, of which he had been a member since 1916 and of which he was treasurer from 1931 to 1942. In 1920 he became a member of the California Academy of Sciences and in 1946 its Fellow.
He bequeathed his extensive insect collection of 40,000 to 50,000 specimens to the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco.
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Individual evidence
- ^ Gordon Gordh, David Headrick: A Dictionary of Entomology. CABI 2001, p. 515 ( preview from Google Books , accessed June 22, 2015)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Leach, Edwin R. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Leach, Edwin Ralph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American entomologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 3, 1878 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vallejo (California) |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 22, 1971 |