| Activity | Educated at Judd School, Tunbridge and Imperial College, London University, he was appointed Curator of Tunbridge Wells Museum in 1938. In 1948 he became Lecturer in Zoological Taxonomy at Glasgow University, becoming Senior Lecturer in 1964 and Honorary Lecturer in 1980. Crowson published over 100 monographs and papers on various aspects of Coleoptera. Important works include ‘Classification and Biology’ (1971) and ‘The Biology of the Coleoptera’ (1981). He joined the Coleopterist’s Society in 1971, and was Vice-President 1971-1975. (1979. Darby, M. ‘A Biographical Dictionary of British Coleopterists’, pp.133-134. Issued with ‘The Coleopterist’s Newsletters’ -- 2001. Johnson, C. The Entomologists Monthly Magazine, 137:237-241). |