Robert Cyril Layton Perkins
Robert Cyril Layton Perkins (born November 15, 1866 in Badminton , Gloucestershire , † September 29, 1955 in Bovey Tracey , Devon ) was a British entomologist and zoologist, known for his research into the fauna of Hawaii .
Life
Perkins attended King Edward VI Grammar School in St. Albans, where his father was the principal, and Merchant Taylor's School in London. He then studied classical philology at Jesus College in Oxford from 1885. Edward Poulton's lectures on insect colors made him switch to the natural sciences, especially zoology. He graduated in 1889 and in 1891 was commissioned by the Royal Society and the British Association for the Advancement of Science to record the terrestrial fauna of the Hawaiian Islands. He was employed for ten years, switching between Hawaii and Cambridge. The results appeared in Fauna Hawaiensis from 1899 to 1913 (editor was David Sharp and other scientists were involved). From 1902 he worked for the Department of Agriculture in Hawaii and in 1904 became head of the entomological research station of the Society for Sugar Cane Cultivation in Hawaii. There he tested natural pests on plants that were considered weeds on the sugar cane monocultures, for which he also traveled to Australia and other places. In 1912 he had to resign for health reasons and moved to Newton Abbott in Devon. He also published on Hawaiian insects and studied bees and plant wasps from Great Britain.
Perkins described the megalagrion molokaiense .
In 1920 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society and in 1912 he received the Linnaeus Medal for his work on the fauna of Hawaii. In 1954 he became an honorary fellow of the Royal Entomological Society.
His son John Frederick Perkins (1910-1983) was also an entomologist and specialist in hymenoptera and assistant keeper at the Natural History Museum .
literature
- H. Scott: Robert Cyril Layton Perkins 1866–1955, Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2, 1956, p. 21
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| SURNAME | Perkins, Robert Cyril Layton |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British entomologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 15, 1866 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Badminton , Gloucestershire |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 29, 1955 |
| Place of death | Bovey Tracey , Devon |