Enrico Adelelmo Brunetti
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Enrico Adelelmo Brunetti (22 May 1862, London
-21 January 1927, London ) was a British
musician
and entomologist.
Brunetti's mother was English and his father of Italian origin was a confectioner and importer of wines who ran a restaurant in South Kensington. A musician by profession, Brunetti was a composer for orchestra
and piano
. He spent his free time studying entomology, especially Diptera
. In 1904 he made a musical tour of the Dutch East Indies
, China
and Japan
making extensive insect collections on his travels. He later settled in Calcutta where he stayed for 17 years. He spent his summers in Darjeeling and wrote many papers in the Records of the Indian Museum. He briefly worked as an Assistant Superintendent in charge at the Indian Museum working on honoraria ranging from 30to 300 GBP per annum. At the suggestion of Thomas Nelson Annandale he was sanctioned leave to go to England to revise his work on Indian Diptera using the material at the British Museum. For this task the Government of India sanctioned 300 GBP for the period of a year. In 1921 he returned to Europe
, spending his summers in England
where The Imperial Bureau of Entomology employed him to identify specimens. Winters were spent in Paris
and Brussels
. He worked for long periods on British Diptera. He fell ill during a winter in Paris in 1926-27 and died in a hospital in London.
Before his death, Brunetti gave his collection of 80,000 specimens, and his library to the Natural History Museum
. This museum also his manuscripts:- 56 letters and two bound manuscript volumes regarding African and Australasian Diptera.
The Psychodid
genus Brunettia Annandale, 1910 was named by Annandale in the honour of Enrico Brunetti.
He was also the main contributor to The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. writing the parts.
London
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-21 January 1927, London ) was a British
United Kingdom
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musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
and entomologist.
Brunetti's mother was English and his father of Italian origin was a confectioner and importer of wines who ran a restaurant in South Kensington. A musician by profession, Brunetti was a composer for orchestra
Orchestra
An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
and piano
Piano
The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
. He spent his free time studying entomology, especially Diptera
Diptera
Diptera , or true flies, is the order of insects possessing only a single pair of wings on the mesothorax; the metathorax bears a pair of drumstick like structures called the halteres, the remnants of the hind wings. It is a large order, containing an estimated 240,000 species, although under half...
. In 1904 he made a musical tour of the Dutch East Indies
Dutch East Indies
The Dutch East Indies was a Dutch colony that became modern Indonesia following World War II. It was formed from the nationalised colonies of the Dutch East India Company, which came under the administration of the Netherlands government in 1800....
, China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
and Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
making extensive insect collections on his travels. He later settled in Calcutta where he stayed for 17 years. He spent his summers in Darjeeling and wrote many papers in the Records of the Indian Museum. He briefly worked as an Assistant Superintendent in charge at the Indian Museum working on honoraria ranging from 30to 300 GBP per annum. At the suggestion of Thomas Nelson Annandale he was sanctioned leave to go to England to revise his work on Indian Diptera using the material at the British Museum. For this task the Government of India sanctioned 300 GBP for the period of a year. In 1921 he returned to Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, spending his summers in England
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...
where The Imperial Bureau of Entomology employed him to identify specimens. Winters were spent in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
and Brussels
Brussels
Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
. He worked for long periods on British Diptera. He fell ill during a winter in Paris in 1926-27 and died in a hospital in London.
Before his death, Brunetti gave his collection of 80,000 specimens, and his library to the Natural History Museum
Natural History Museum
The Natural History Museum is one of three large museums on Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London, England . Its main frontage is on Cromwell Road...
. This museum also his manuscripts:- 56 letters and two bound manuscript volumes regarding African and Australasian Diptera.
The Psychodid
Psychodidae
The nematoceran family Psychodidae are small true flies with short, hairy bodies and wings giving them a "furry" moth-like appearance...
genus Brunettia Annandale, 1910 was named by Annandale in the honour of Enrico Brunetti.
Works
Partial list- Revision of the Oriental Tipulidae with descriptions of new species. Rec. Indian Mus. 6: 231-314 (1911).
- New Oriental Nemocera. Rec. Indian Mus. 4: 259-316 (1911).
- Annotated catalog of Oriental Culicidae-supplement. Rec. Indian Mus. 4: 403-517 (1912).
- Critical review of "genera" in Culicidae. Rec. Indian Mus. 10: 15-73 (1914).
- Revision of the Oriental Tipulidae with descriptions of new species. Part II. Rec. Indian Mus. 15: 255-340 (1918).
- Catalogue of Oriental and South Asiatic Nemocera. Rec. Indian Mus. 17: 1-300 Brunetti, E. (1920).
- New Oriental Diptera, I. Rec. Indian Mus. 7: 445-513 (1912).
- New and little-known Cyrtidae (Diptera). Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9)18(107): 561-606 . (1926).
He was also the main contributor to The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. writing the parts.
- Diptera 1. Brachycera (1920) - 401 p - 4 pl
- Diptera 2. Nematocera (1912) - xxviii + 581 p - 12 pl
- Diptera 3. PipunculidaePipunculidaePipunculidae are a family of flies , commonly termed Big-Headed Flies a reference to the large eyes , which cover nearly the entire head...
, Syrphidae, ConopidaeConopidaeConopidae, usually known as the thick-headed flies, is a family of flies within the Brachycera suborder of Diptera. Flies of the family Conopidae are distributed worldwide except for the poles and many of the Pacific islands. About 800 species in 47 genera are described worldwide, approximately 70...
, Oestridae (1923) 424 p - 83 fig - 5 pl .