Frederick Vincent Theobald

Frederick Vincent Theobald FES
Born	(1868-05-15)15 May 1868 Tooting, Surrey
Died	6 March 1930(1930-03-06) (aged 61) Wye, Kent
Education	St John's College, Cambridge
Known for	• A Monograph of the Culicidae, or Mosquitoes (five vols, 1901–1910) • The Insect and Other Allied Pests of Orchard, Bush and Hothouse Fruits and their Prevention and Treatment (1909) • A Text-book of Agricultural Zoology (1913) • The Plant Lice or Aphididae of Great Britain (three vols, 1926–1929)
Awards	Imperial Ottoman Order of Osmanieh, Mary Kingsley Medal, Victoria Medal of Honour, Grande Médaille Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
Scientific career
Fields	Entomology, tropical medicine, and sanitation

Frederick Vincent Theobald FES (15 May 1868 – 6 March 1930) was an English entomologist and "distinguished authority on mosquitoes".^[1] During his career, he was responsible for the economic zoology section of the Natural History Museum, London, vice-principal of the South-Eastern Agricultural College at Wye, Kent, Professor of Agricultural Zoology at London University, and advisory entomologist to the Board of Agriculture for the South-Eastern district of England. He wrote a five volume monograph and sixty scientific papers on mosquitoes. He was recognised for his work in entomology, tropical medicine, and sanitation; awards for his work include the Imperial Ottoman Order of Osmanieh, the Mary Kingsley Medal, and the Victoria Medal of Honour, as well as honorary fellowships of learned societies.