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Meyrick, Edward (1854 - 1938)

FRS, FRES
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Entomologist and Teacher
Born: 24 November 1854  England.  Died: 31 March 1938  England.
Edward Meyrick was an entomologist with a passion for Microlepidoptera (butterflies and moths (miniature)). He is believed to have collected more specimens then anyone else and his collection of around 100,000 specimens is housed at the British Museum of Natural history. Meyrick spent about ten years in Australia teaching classics in Sydney and collecting insects in many parts of Australia and New Zealand. He was also a prolific writer and published over fifty articles in leading Australian and international journals.
Career Highlights

Chronology
1875Bachelor of Arts (BA) completed at Canterbury University
1877 - ?Classics Teacher at Sydney Grammer School
1880 - Fellow of the Royal Entomology Society of London (FRES)
1885Systemic collecting of moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera) at Mt Kosciusko, New South wales
1886Collecting expeditions to Tasmania and Western Australia
1887Returned to England and to teaching classics
1902 - Corresponding member of the Linnean Society of New South Wales
1904 - Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)

 
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