Francis Milburn Howlett

Francis Howlett
Born
Francis Milburn Howlett

(1877-01-05)5 January 1877
Wymondham, Norfolk, England
Died20 August 1920(1920-08-20) (aged 43)
Mussoorie, India
NationalityBritish
EducationWymondham Grammar School
Bury St Edmunds Grammar School
Alma materChrist's College, Cambridge
OccupationEntomologist
Parents
  • Francis John Howlett (father)
  • Mary Jane (mother)

Francis "Frank" Milburn Howlett (5 January 1877 – 20 August 1920[1]) was a British entomologist who served in India in the position of a Second Imperial Entomologist, a position which was later changed to the Imperial Pathological Entomologist in India. He specialized in insects (mainly Diptera - sandflies[2]) and parasitic ticks of medical and veterinary importance.[3] A major discovery by him was the attractant methyl eugenol and its effect on flies of the genus Bactrocera.

  1. ^ "Births, Marriages & Deaths". The Pioneer Mail. 3 September 1920. p. 45.
  2. ^ Howlett, F. M. (1915). "A preliminary note on the identification of sandflies". Bulletin of Entomological Research. 6 (3): 293–296. doi:10.1017/S000748530004356X. S2CID 85684920.
  3. ^ Hewitt, C. Gordon (1916). "A review of applied entomology in the British Empire" (PDF). Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 9 (1): 1–33. doi:10.1093/aesa/9.1.1.