P. A. Buxton
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| Born | Patrick Alfred Buxton 24 March 1892 London, England |
| Died | 13 December 1955 (aged 63) Gerrards Cross, England |
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| Fields | Entomology |
Patrick Alfred Buxton
Origins
Patrick Buxton was born on 24 March 1892 in Hyde Park Street, Paddington, London,[5] son of the banker and politician Alfred Fowell Buxton (1854–1952) and his wife Violet Jex-Blake.
Career
Buxton was educated at
While in the middle east he collected extensively, and developed his interest in insects. In 1921 Buxton accepted the post of entomologist in the Medical Department in
Awards and honours
Buxton was awarded the Linnean Medal, elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (1943), and Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (1947).
Marriage and family
Patrick Buxton married Muryell Gladys Rice (1895–1989) in March 1917 in Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales.[7]
Patrick and Muryell had two sons and four daughters:
- Martin Patrick (1920–1966) was a Captain in the Foreign Service[8]
- Andrew Patrick (1923–1952) was a where he died.
- Helen Muryell (1925–2014), married Donald Wright 26 June 1948, with five children[9]
- Marian Elizabeth (1927–1984)
- Rachel Katharine (1930–) married Christopher Herzig on 19 July 1952.[10]
- Lucy Bertha (1932–)
He died on 13 December 1955 at his home Grit Howe, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire,[11] but his widow survived him by more than 30 years and died on 6 September 1989 in Oxford.[12]
References
- ^ S2CID 40999958.
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/32223. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ Dr. P. A. Buxton (Obituaries) The Times Thursday, 15 Dec 1955; pg. 14; Issue 53404; col B
- ^ ‘BUXTON, Patrick Alfred’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 28 May 2013 {subscription required}
- ^ General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright. P
- ^ V.B. Wigglesworth, Patrick Alfred Buxton, 1892–1955: Biogr. Mem. Fellows R. Soc. 1956 2, 69–84, published 1 November 1956
- ^ General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright. Published by permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Office for National Statistics.
- ^ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. p.621.
- ^ Wright, (Arthur Robert) Donald in Who's Who online, accessed 31 March 2019, (subscription required)
- ^ "The Times , 1993, UK, English". Internet archive. The Times. 1993. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
- ^ Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England. London, England © Crown copyright.
- ^ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858–1966, 1973–1995
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