Clement Samuel Brimley

Clement Samuel Brimley
Born18 December 1863
Buckinghamshire, England
Died23 July 1946 (1946-07-24) (aged 82)
NationalityEnglish
CitizenshipAmerican
Scientific career
FieldsZoology
InstitutionsNorth Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
Author abbrev. (zoology)C.S. Brimley

Clement Samuel Brimley (18 December 1863 – 23 July 1946) was a self-trained zoologist who worked at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. His brother, H.H. Brimley, was a zoologist and long-time director of the same museum. Both Brimley brothers are buried at Historic Oakwood Cemetery in Raleigh. Brimley's chorus frog and the firefly Photinus brimleyi[1] were named for C.S. Brimley.

  1. ^ Faust, Lynn Frierson (2017). Fireflies, Glow-worms, and Lightning Bugs. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 978-0-8203-4872-8.