Person PX414 Rothschild; Nathaniel Charles (1877-1923); Entomologist Rothschild Nathaniel Charles 1877-1923 Entomologist Male

Charles Rothschild worked as a partner in the family bank NM Rothschild and Sons in London. However, like his zoologist brother (Lionel) Walter, he devoted much of his energies to entomology and natural history collecting. His collection of fleas is now in the Rothschild Collection at the Natural History Museum. He also discovered and named the plague vector flea, Xenopsylla cheopis (Rothschild), also known as the oriental rat flea, at Shendi, Sudan, on an expedition in 1901, publishing his finding in 1903. From 1912, Charles Rothschild also co-founded and campaigned with the Society for the Promotion of Nature Reserves (SPNR - now The Wildlife Trusts). The Society held their first meeting on 26th July 1912 in the Board Room at the Natural History Museum. By 1915, the SNPR had compiled a list of 284 sites 'worthy of preservation' - these are still sometimes known as 'the Rothschild Reserves'. Source: The Wildlife Trusts, The Rothschild List: 1915-2015 A review 100 years on. Tring correspondent Brother of Lionel Walter Rothschild, father of Miriam Rothschild, Victor Rothschil and Pannonica Rothschild Yes Idealist Import 4namepers.txt 28/02/2004 NHM\kathr4 22/06/2026 5e377613-369d-4122-be3b-f89c566b4288