James Charles Dale

James Charles Dale

James Charles Dale (* 1792 ; † February 6, 1872 ) was a wealthy English scientist who devoted most of his life to entomology .

James Dale was the son of wealthy landowners. He received his MA from Cambridge University in 1818. He was a friend of James Francis Stephens , who often mentions him in his Illustrations of British Entomology . He was also good friends with John Curtis and is often mentioned in his British Entomology . Another close friend was the Irish entomologist Alexander Henry Haliday . His main field of work was the beetles , although he worked in the field of all orders .

His first contribution to the Lepidoptera was published in the Magazine of Natural History in the 1830s . This was followed by 83 more posts and articles.

On June 25, 1822, he was elected a member of the first Entomological Society of London .

Works

Catalog of the Coleopterous Insects of Dorsetshire . In: Nat., Vol. 2, 1837, pp. 408-415, and Vol. 3, 1838, pp. 12-18.

Collections

Dale's collection is in the Hope Department of Entomology , which is the Oxford University Museum of Natural History . When it arrived in 1906, the collection was kept in 33 cabinets. Five of them were dedicated to the Coleoptera . His manuscripts and notebooks are in the Hope Library .

credentials

Obituaries

• Anon, 1872: Entomologists Monthly Magazine 8, 1872, pp. 255-56
• Anon, 1872: Petites Nouv. Ent. , 4, p. 197.
• E. Newman, 1872: Entomologist 6, 1872, p. 56
• JO Westwood, 1872: Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London