John Hartley Durrant
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John Hartley Durrant was an English
entomologist who specialsed in Lepidoptera
.
Durrant was an authority nomenclature.
He was Lord Walsingham
's secretary and had charge of his collections. When these were left to the Natural History Museum
, London Walsingham provided funds for Durrant to continue to curate it.
He was, with Lionel Walter Rothschild, of Lepidoptera of the British Ornithologists' Union and Wollaston Expeditions in the Snow Mountains, Southern Dutch New Guinea. Macrolepidoptera. Tring, Zoological Museum (1915) and very many scientific papers on Lepidoptera.
In 1914 Durrant began a collaboration with Francis David Morice
in a significant nomenclatural work entitled The authorship and first publication of the "Jurinean
" Genera of Hymenoptera: being a reprint of a long-lost work by Panzer
, with a translation into English, an introduction, and bibliographical and critical notes. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1914:339-436 (corrections, additionsTransactions of the Entomological Society of London 1916:432-442.
He was a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society.
His collections are divided between the Natural History Museum, London and the Hope Department at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History
.
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...
entomologist who specialsed in Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera is a large order of insects that includes moths and butterflies . It is one of the most widespread and widely recognizable insect orders in the world, encompassing moths and the three superfamilies of butterflies, skipper butterflies, and moth-butterflies...
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Durrant was an authority nomenclature.
He was Lord Walsingham
Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham
Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham was an English politician and amateur entomologist.-Biography:...
's secretary and had charge of his collections. When these were left 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...
, London Walsingham provided funds for Durrant to continue to curate it.
He was, with Lionel Walter Rothschild, of Lepidoptera of the British Ornithologists' Union and Wollaston Expeditions in the Snow Mountains, Southern Dutch New Guinea. Macrolepidoptera. Tring, Zoological Museum (1915) and very many scientific papers on Lepidoptera.
In 1914 Durrant began a collaboration with Francis David Morice
Francis David Morice
Francis David Morice was an English entomologist who specialised in Hymenoptera.The Reverend Francis David Morice was a noted theologist and linguist who wrote Stories in Attic Greek , still in print.His work in entomology involved extensive travel...
in a significant nomenclatural work entitled The authorship and first publication of the "Jurinean
Louis Jurine
Louis Jurine was a Swiss physician, surgeon and naturalist mainly interested in entomology. He lived in Geneva.-Surgeon:Studies of surgery in Paris. Jurine quickly acquires a very great reputation of expert, well beyond Geneva...
" Genera of Hymenoptera: being a reprint of a long-lost work by Panzer
Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer
Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer was a German botanist and entomologist.He was born at Etzelwang in the Palatinate and died at Hersbruck, near Nuremberg.A physician, he practised at Hersbruck...
, with a translation into English, an introduction, and bibliographical and critical notes. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1914:339-436 (corrections, additionsTransactions of the Entomological Society of London 1916:432-442.
He was a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society.
His collections are divided between the Natural History Museum, London and the Hope Department at the 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...
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