Richard South
Richard South FRES | |
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| Born | 1846 |
| Died | 1932 (aged 85–86) |
Richard South FRES (1846–1932) was an English entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths).
South was born in Marylebone, London, England and educated at a private school, in Reading.[1]
He is best known for writing three important books on butterflies and moths of the British Isles.[1] After his death, these were updated by H. M. Edelsten.[1] Michael Salmon has described these as "innovative" and "a new kind of [field] guide for the [twentieth] century", noting their early use of colour photographs and eschewing of "Victorian polixity and classical preciousness".[1] The moth volumes were reprinted as late as 1980.[1]
South was editor of The Entomologist.[1] He also published many papers on the Lepidoptera of the Far East, including China and Korea,[2] and an account of the butterflies collected by Captain F.M. Bailey in western China, Tibet and South-Eastern and the Mishmi Hills.[3]
Major parts of his collections of specimens survive, in the Natural History Museum and in the collection of Birmingham Museums Trust.[1]
Personal life[]
South was married twice, firstly to his cousin Sarah, and after widowhood, to Evelyn Urquhart, whose father had been a Mayor of Paddington.[1] He lived in London.[1]
Books[]
- South R. (1906) The Butterflies of the British Isles, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., London & NY: 210 pp.
- South R. (1907) The Moths of the British Isles, (First Series), Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., London & NY: 359 pp.
- South R. (1908) The Moths of the British Isles, (Second Series), Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., London & NY: 388 pp.
- South R. (1923) Catalogue of the Collection of Palaearctic Butterflies, (Publisher unknown) 240 pp.
- South R., Stokoe W.J. & Stovin G.H.T. (1948) The Caterpillars of British Moths including the Eggs, Chrysalids and Food-Plants, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., London & NY: 408 pp.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i Salmon, M.A (2000). The Aurelian Legacy. British Butterflies and their Collectors'. Harley Books. ISBN 0520229630.
- ^ South R. (1901) Lepidoptera: Heterocera from China, Japan and Corea, Pt.V., with description of new species, Trans. Entomological Soc. London
- ^ South R. (1911) J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 22(3): 598–615
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- 1846 births
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