Robert Cyril Layton Perkins

Robert Perkins
Born15 November 1866
Died29 September 1955(1955-09-29) (aged 88)
Alma materJesus College, Oxford
Known forFauna Hawaiiensis
ChildrenJohn
AwardsLinnean Medal (1912)
FRS (1920)[1]
Scientific career
FieldsEntomology
InstitutionsUniversity of Cambridge

Robert Cyril Layton Perkins FRS (15 November 1866 – 29 September 1955) was a distinguished British entomologist, ornithologist, and naturalist noted for his work on the fauna of the islands of Hawaii and on Hymenoptera. He is not to be confused with his son John Frederick Perkins, also a hymenopterist.

  1. ^ Scott, H. (1956). "Robert Cyril Layton Perkins 1866-1955". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 2: 215–236. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1956.0015. JSTOR 769486.