Edward Doubleday
Edward Doubleday | |
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Born | Epping, Essex, England | 9 October 1810
Died | 14 December 1849 | (aged 39)
Known for | List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum |
Parent(s) | Benjamin and Mary Doubleday |
Relatives | Henry Doubleday (brother) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Entomologist |
Institutions | British Museum |
Edward Doubleday (9 October 1810 – 14 December 1849) was an English
Doubleday was born on 9 October 1810 in
In 1835, he joined a fellow Quaker named Robert Foster on a trip to the United States, and while there wrote a series of letters that appeared in the
Upon his return to England, Doubleday tried for an appointment to the ill-fated Niger expedition of 1841. When he was turned down he accepted a position with the British Museum where he built one of the most comprehensive butterfly collections at that time. He remained at the museum until he died on 14 December 1849. As Robert Mays, author of the book Henry Doubleday: The Epping Naturalist wrote: "Had Edward lived longer his name would undoubtedly have found a place beside those of the eminent 19th century entomologists".[5]
Notes
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References
- Leach, William (2013). Butterfly People. Pantheon Books. pp. 4–6.
- Mays, Robert (1978). Henry Doubleday: The Epping Naturalist. Precision Press. p. 37. ISBN 9780950063843.
- Mays, Robert (2008). "Doubleday, Edward (1810–1849)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
- Newman, Edward (1837). "Entomological notes". Entomological Magazine. 5: 175–178.
External links
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- Index Novus Litteraturae Entomologicae Full bibliography
- Full text of The Genera of Diurnal Lepidoptera Volume I (1846-1850), Volume II (1850-1852)
- Full text of List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum in 35 parts