James Edward Collin

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James Edward Collin (* 16th March 1876 in Kirtling in Newmarket (Suffolk) ; † 16th June 1968 ) was a British entomologist specializing in Diptera (Diptera).

His main occupation was in the horse racing business (Gatwick horse racing). He was the nephew of George Henry Verrall and worked closely with him, including numerous initial descriptions. Her collection came to Oxford University (Hope Entomological Collections).

Like his uncle, whose collection and library he inherited, he was a leading specialist in many Diptera, especially the family Tanzfliegen (Empididae), whose monograph he announced in 1901, it appeared only in 1961 (and had 782 pages). In it he described 354 species from Great Britain, of which he compared 239 with type material. Before the hardback edition, the work appeared in three parts in 1961.

1927/28 he was President of the Royal Entomological Society of London , of which he was a Fellow.

Fonts

  • Empididae, British Flies, Volume 6, Cambridge University Press 1961
  • The British genera and species in the sub-family Oscinellinae (Diptera: Chloropidae), Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, Volume 97, 1946, pp. 117-148

literature

  • Kenneth GV Smith: Collin, JE, Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, Volume 104, 1968, pp. 145-148.
  • Kenneth GV Smith, BH Cogan, AC Pont: A Bibliography of James Edward Collin (1876–1968), Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History. Volume 5, Issue 3, 1969, pp. 226-235, first page
  • M. Chvála: Collin, JE, The Entomologist, Volume 103, 1970, pp. 144-146

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personal data
SURNAME Collin, James Edward
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British entomologist specializing in Diptera
DATE OF BIRTH March 16, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH Kirtling at Newmarket, Suffolk
DATE OF DEATH June 16, 1968