John Nevill Eliot

John Nevill Eliot
Born(1912-08-29)29 August 1912
Woolwich, London, England
Died11 April 2003(2003-04-11) (aged 90)
Taunton, Somerset, England
NationalityBritish
Scientific career
FieldsEntomology

Lt. Col. John Nevill Eliot (29 August 1912 – 11 April 2003)[1] was an English entomologist who specialised in Oriental Lepidoptera especially Lycaenidae.[2][3]

He was born in Woolwich, London[4] and died in Taunton, Somerset.[1]

  1. ^ a b England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
  2. ^ "Lt. Col. John Nevill Eliot" (PDF). News of the Lepidopterists' Society. 45 (2): 49. 2003. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  3. ^ Vane-Wright, Richard Irwin (2007). "The butterfly taxa named by John Nevill Eliot, with a bibliography of his published work". Malayan Nature Journal. 59 (3): 212–241.
  4. ^ England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915