Robert Newstead
Robert Newstead (* 1859 in Swanton Abbott , Norfolk ; † 1947 ) was a British entomologist and archaeologist .
Life
Newstead was not a good student and worked as a gardener on various country estates, where he got in contact with naturalists in the Chester Society of Natural Sciences. He was from 1886 curator at the Grosvenor Museum in Chester , where he was also responsible for archaeological excavations. From 1905 he was lecturer in medical entomology (entomology and parasitology) at the School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine at the University of Liverpool and from 1911 professor of entomology there. As a professor of entomology, he continued his excavations of Roman remains in the area of Chester.
He wrote a monograph on cup scale insects (Coccidae) for the Ray Society .
He was a member of the Linnean Society of London and the Association of Economic Entomologists in Washington DC, a fellow of the Entomological Society of London and an honorary member of the Royal Horticultural Society . He left numerous objects from his extensive archaeological and natural history collection to the Grosvenor Museum.
Fonts (selection)
- Monography of the Coccidae of the British Isles , 2 volumes, Ray Society 1901, 1903, Volume 1, Internet Archive , Volume 2, Internet Archive
Web links
- Biography at the Chester Archaeological Society of Elizabeth Royles, Grosvenor Museum (PDF; 14.4 MB; English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Newstead, Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British entomologist and archaeologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1859 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Swanton Abbott |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1947 |