George Herbert Carpenter

George Herbert Carpenter
Born1865 (1865)
Peckham, London
Died1939 (aged 73–74)
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Scientific career
FieldsEntomology, natural history
InstitutionsMuseum of Science and Art, Dublin

George Herbert Carpenter (1865–1939) was a British naturalist and entomologist,[1] born in the Peckham district of southeast London in 1865, and died in Belfast on 22 January 1939.[2][3][4] His main interests were in the study of insects and arachnids, zoogeography, and economic zoology.[2] In addition to numerous contributions to scientific journals and Encyclopædia Britannica, he authored five books.[5]

  1. ^ "Carpenter, George Herbert". Who's Who. Vol. 59. 1907. p. 297.
  2. ^ a b Charles B. Moffat (1939). "Rev. George Herbert Carpenter, B.Sc. (Lond.), D.Sc. (Q.U.B.)". Irish Naturalists' Journal. 7 (5): 138–141. JSTOR 25532901.
  3. ^ Henry R. Addison, Charles H. Oakes, William J. Lawson, and Douglas B. W. Sladen (eds.). 1907. Who's Who, An Annual Biographical Dictionary. London: Adam and Charles Black; New York: The Macmillan Company, Vol. 59, p. 297.
  4. ^ James McGuire & James Quinn (eds.): Dictionary of Irish Biography From the Earliest Times to the Year 2002, Royal Irish Academy, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England, 2009, pp. 364-365.
  5. ^ George Herbert Carpenter, (1865–1939), Wikisource, http://en.wikisource.orgview_html.php?sq=Envato&lang=en&q=Author:George_Herbert_Carpenter, last modified on 27 June 2011.