Elliot Pinhey

Elliot Charles Gordon Pinhey (born July 18, 1910 in Knokke , West Flanders Province , Belgium ; † May 7, 1999 in Cowfold , Horsham , West Sussex , England ) was a British entomologist specialized in the field of African butterflies (Lepidoptera) and dragonflies ( Odonata). Together with Frederic Charles Fraser, Pinhey is one of the most prolific authors in the field of odonatology .

Live and act

Elliot Pinhey was born during an extended stay of his parents on the Flemish coast in Belgium. In 1934 he completed his studies as a B.Sc. at the University of London and then worked as a private teacher for biology, mathematics, physics and chemistry in England and in 1937 in Berlin.

Because of his poor health, his doctor suggested that he live in a more tropical climate. In 1939 Pinhey emigrated to Rhodesia , now Zimbabwe , where he continued his work as a private tutor for a short time before he found a job with the Meteorological Department of the Royal Air Force . As an Economic Entomologist , he moved to the Department of Agriculture in Salisbury, now Harare , in 1942 .

In March 1948 Pinhey moved to the Transvaal Museum as Assistant Professional Officer in Entomology in the research laboratory of Antonius Johannes Theodorus Janse . There he wrote his first scientific treatise (published in 1950) on the South African Lepidoptera and Odonata fauna. Just one year later, in March 1949, he was offered the position of Keeper of Entomology at the Coryndon Museum in Nairobi, which he held until March 1955 under the direction of Louis Leakey . From April 1955 until his retirement on July 18, 1975, he was the Keeper of Invertebrate Zoology at the National Museum in Bulawayo , whose curator he was between 1969 and 1972. Based on his publications, he received his D.Sc. from the University of London in 1962. awarded.

Works (selection)

• The Dragonflies (Odonata) of Southern Africa (=  Transvaal Museum Memoirs . No. 5 ). Swets & Zeitlinger, Amsterdam 1951 (English, XVI, 335 pp., 711 figs, 30 pls.).
• A descriptive Catalog of the Odonata of the African continent (up to December 1959) . Companhia de Diamantes de Angola, Lisboa 1962 (English, 161 pp.).
• Hawk moths of Central and Southern Africa . Longman, Cape Town 1962 (English, X, 139 pp.).
• Butterflies of southern Africa . Nelson, Johannesburg 1965 (English, XI, 240 pp.).
• Introduction to insect study in Africa . Oxford University Press, London 1968 (English, XII, 235 pp.).
• A survey of the dragonflies (Order Odonata) of Eastern Africa . British Museum, Natural History, London 1971 (English, VII, 214 pp.).
• Emperor moths of South and South Central Africa . Struik, Cape Town 1972 (English, XI, 150 pp.).
• Moths of Southern Africa . Descriptions and color illustrations of 1183 species. Tafelberg, Kaapstad 1975 (English, 273 pp.).
• Some well known African moths . Longman, Salisbury 1975 (English, 116 pp.).
• A guide to the butterflies of Central and Southern Africa . Sir Joseph Causton, London 1977 (English, 106 pp.).

literature

• FC De Moor: To Dr. ECG Pinhey on his 65th birthday . In: Odonatologica . Journal of the Societas Internationalis Odonatologica. Volume 5, No. 2, 1976, p. 97–105 (English, natuurtijdschriften.nl [accessed April 19, 2019]).
• GS Vick, DG Chelmick & A. Martens: In memory of Elliot Charles Gordon Pinhey (July 10, 1910 - May 7, 1999) . In: Odonatologica . Journal of the Societas Internationalis Odonatologica. Volume 30, No. 1, 2001, p. 1–11 (English, natuurtijdschriften.nl [accessed April 19, 2019]).
• Klaas-Douwe Dijkstra : The name-bearing types of Odonata held in the Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe, with systematic notes on Afrotropical taxa . Part 1: introduction and Anisoptera. In: International Journal of Odonatology . Volume 10, No. 1, 2007, p. 1–29 , doi : 10.1080 / 13887890.2007.9748285 (English, barakken.nl [PDF; accessed April 19, 2019]).

Web links

• Pinhey, Elliot Charles Gordon. In: Biographies of the Entomologists of the World. (English).