Edwin Brown (naturalist)
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Edwin Brown Was an English
naturalist
and entomologist.
Edwin Brown was manager of the Burton, Uttoxeter and Ashbourne Union Bank in Burton on Trent. He had a private museum of geological,zoological and botanical specimens and a library of taxonomic works.
Brown was a Member of the Entomological Society of London from 1849. He specialised in Carabidae and Cicindelidae.
Parts of his collection were purchased by Oxford University Museum of Natural History
when it was sold at auction in March 1877.The purchase included insects collected by Alfred Russel Wallace
.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
naturalist
Naturalist
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and entomologist.
Edwin Brown was manager of the Burton, Uttoxeter and Ashbourne Union Bank in Burton on Trent. He had a private museum of geological,zoological and botanical specimens and a library of taxonomic works.
Brown was a Member of the Entomological Society of London from 1849. He specialised in Carabidae and Cicindelidae.
Parts of his collection were purchased by Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Oxford University Museum of Natural History
The Oxford University Museum of Natural History, sometimes known simply as the Oxford University Museum, is a museum displaying many of the University of Oxford's natural history specimens, located on Parks Road in Oxford, England. It also contains a lecture theatre which is used by the...
when it was sold at auction in March 1877.The purchase included insects collected by Alfred Russel Wallace
Alfred Russel Wallace
Alfred Russel Wallace, OM, FRS was a British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist...
.
Works
Partial list- Contributions to Mosley, O.Sir Oswald Mosley, 2nd Baronet, of AncoatsSir Oswald Mosley, 2nd Baronet, of Ancoats was a British politician and writer.-Family:He was the son of Oswald Mosley , son of Sir John Parker Mosley, 1st Baronet, of Ancoats , created 1st Baronet Mosley, of Ancoats, in the Baronetage of Great Britain, on 8 June 1781, and wife Sir Oswald Mosley,...
Natural History of Tutbury(1863) - On the Australian species of Tetracha. Transactions of The Royal Entomological Society of London 17: 351-353 (1869)