George Francis Hampson
Sir George Francis Hampson, 10th Baronet (born January 14, 1860 in Marylebone , Middlesex , † October 15, 1936 in his residence at Thurnham Court in Maidstone ), was a British entomologist .
Life
Hampson attended Charterhouse School and studied at Exeter College, Oxford. He ran a tea plantation in the Nigri Hills in Tamil Nadu (then Madras administrative district) in India. It was there that he became interested in butterflies and on his return to England he volunteered for the Natural History Museum . In 1895 he was offered an assistant position there and from 1901 to 1905 he was acting assistant keeper responsible for entomology (as the successor to Arthur Gardiner Butler ).
He published a monograph on the small butterflies of India.
In 1896 he inherited the title of Baronet , of Taplow in the County of Buckingham from his father . In 1893 he married Minnie Frances Clark-Kennedy, with whom he had two daughters and a son.
Fonts
- The Lepidoptera of the Nilgiri District, British Museum 1891
- The Lepidoptera Heterocera of Ceylon, British Museum 1893
- The Fauna of British India, indlucing Ceylon and Burma: Moths, 4 volumes, India Office 1892 to 1896
- Contribution to: Catalog of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum, 15 volumes, 1898 to 1920
Web links
- Sir George Francis Hampson, 10th Bt. On thepeerage.com , accessed September 14, 2016.
References and comments
| predecessor | title | successor |
|---|---|---|
| George Francis Hampson | Baronet, of Taplow 1896-1936 |
Dennys Francis Hampson |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hampson, George Francis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hampson, Sir George Francis, 10th Baronet |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British entomologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 14, 1860 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Marylebone |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 15, 1936 |
| Place of death | Maidstone |