Edward Meyrick | |
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| Born | 25 November 1854 Ramsbury |
| Died | 31 March 1938 (aged 83) |
| Citizenship | British |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Known for | Handbook of British Lepidoptera (1895) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Lepidopterology |
| Author abbrev. (zoology) | Meyrick |
Edward Meyrick FRS[1] (25 November 1854 – 31 March 1938[2]) was an English schoolmaster and amateur entomologist. He was an expert on microlepidoptera and some consider him one of the founders of modern microlepidoptera systematics.[3][4]
- ^ Hill, A. W. (1939). "Edward Meyrick. 1854–1938" (PDF). Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 2 (7): 531–548. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1939.0014.
- ^ Edward Meyrick, B.A., F.R.S., 1854–1938. in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Volume 68, pp. 141–142.
- ^ Robinson, G. (1986). "Edward Meyrick: An unpublished essay on phylogeny". Journal of Natural History. 20 (2): 359–367. Bibcode:1986JNatH..20..359R. doi:10.1080/00222938600770261.
- ^ Salmon, Michael A.; Marren, Peter & Harley, Basil (2000). The Aurelian Legacy: British Butterflies and Their Collectors. University of California Press. pp. 191–192. ISBN 978-0-520-22963-1.