John William Douglas
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John William Douglas (15 November 1814 – 28 July 1905) was an English
entomologist, chiefly interested in microlepidoptera
. He was popularly known as "Jolly" Douglas for his ability to produce jocular doggerel in the style of Longfellow's Hiawatha.
Biography
John William Douglas was born 1814 in
The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. Douglas was a keen promoter of entomology, especially among the young. He died in 1905 in Garlesden.[1]
The entomologist Edward Newman incorporated into verse, Douglas the wise entomologist who lived in a place called Kingswood near Blackheath Station, in his The insect hunters (1857).[2]
Works
- The World of Insects. London, 1856.
- with John Scott. The British Hemiptera. (Vol. I, Ray. Soc. London, 1865)
- with HT Stainton, PC Zeller, JW Douglas and Frey, H The Natural History of the Tineina 13 volumes, 2000 pages English French, German and Latin editions.(text additions, synonymies and translations by Alexander Henry Haliday).1855-1873. Stainton, Henry Tibbats; Zeller, Philipp Christoph (1855). Vol. I.
Collections
John William Douglas' British Coleoptera and Hemiptera British Macrolepidoptera and Microlepidoptera are in the Natural History Museum, London.
Notes
- ^ Salmon, Michael A. (2000). The Aurelian Legacy. Harley Books. pp. 156–157.
- ^ Newman, Edward (1857). The insect hunters; or, Entomology in verse.
References
- Anon. 1905 Obituary Ent. Rec. J. Var. 17: 246 - 248.
- Merrifield, F., 1905 The President's Address Trans. ent. Soc. London (Proc.) 1905: LXXXV - LXXXVI.
- Newman, E., 1905 Entomologist 38: 264.
- Saunders, E., 1905 Ent. monthly Mag. 41: 221 - 222.
- Dale, C. W., 1905 Ent. monthly Mag. 42: 16.
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