Record

CodePX535
Dates1890-1979
Person NameRiley; Norman Denbigh (1890-1979); Captain; Entomologist; Keeper of Entomology
SurnameRiley
ForenamesNorman Denbigh
TitleCaptain
EpithetEntomologist; Keeper of Entomology
ActivityMuseum staff: During his childhood, lived next door to Richard South, author of 'The butterflies of the British Isles'. Educated at Dulwich College (1904-09). Studied entomology at Imperial College. Appointed 2nd class Assistant in Insect Section, Department of Zoology 1911, in charge of butterfly collection (Department of Entomology formed 1913); Assistant Keeper 1927; Deputy Keeper 1931; Keeper 1932; retired 1955; part-time Senior Scientific Officer.
Four years in France in Royal Army Service Corps and Royal West Surrey Regiment.
Editor of the Entomologist 1922-. Joint Secretary of the Entomological Society 1926-1930.
Tring Correspondent
Catalogue
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DF/TM/3/11/49/2Riley, N D 
DF/ADM/1005/63Riley, Norman D 
DF/ENT/340/18/17Ross - Rossen 
DF/ENT/340/1/16Balfour- Browne, John William Alexander Francis 
DF/ENT/340/22/11Tcherniac - Teagle 
DF/ENT/340/20/21Shute, Dr P G 
DF/ENT/332/1/85Norman D Riley papers: Papers on nomenclature submitted to the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 
DF/ENT/332/1/79Norman D Riley papers: Obituary of Brigadier William Harry Evans 
DF/ENT/332/3/18/5Riley, N D 
DF/PUB/516/3/17The Department of Entomology of the BM (NH) 1904 - 1964, a brief historical sketch 
DF/TM/3/11/87/11Riley 
DF/ENT/332/1/74Norman D Riley papers: Rough notes on Bombyx mendica 
DF/ENT/332/1/75Norman D Riley papers: Major Percy H G Powell-Cotton, butterflies from the Congo and Uganda 
DF/ENT/332/1/84Norman D Riley papers: Joint Committee for the Conservation of British Insects 
DF/ENT/332/1/87N D Riley: correspondence relating to 'A Field Guide to the Butterflies of Britain and Europe' and 'A Field Guide to the Butterflies of the West Indies' (publishing) 
DF/PH/2/9/2/5Staff Photograph: N D Riley, Keeper of Entomology  
DF/ENT/332/4/18/6Riley, N D 
DF/ENT/332/1/78Norman D Riley papers: The Entomological Club 
DF/ENT/332/1/76Norman D Riley papers: A Schmidt: 'On the Pyralidae collected by Messrs F Le Cerf and G Talbot in the Great Atlas of Morocco': 
DF/TM/3/11/96/2Schade 
DF/ENT/332/1/81Norman D Riley papers: Obituary of Karl Jordan 
DF/ENT/340/27/7British Museum (Riley, Norman Denbigh) 
DF/ZOO/232/5/17/1/15Riley, N.D. 
DF/ENT/302/43Entomolgy out-letters, carbon-copy book 
DF/ZOO/252/1/13/68Riley, Norman Denbigh  
DF/ENT/340/6/19The British Fumigants Company Ltd 
DF/ENT/332/1/50Riley, Norman Denbigh: personal correspondence 
DF/ENT/332/1/82Norman D Riley papers: Obituary of Hubert M Edelsten  
DF/ENT/332/1/86Norman D Riley papers Society for the Promotion of Nature Reserves, Treasurer's papers 
DF/ENT/332/4/19/32Stainer, J 
DF/ENT/332/11/3/2Microlepidoptera Correspondence: Guy Adkin Collection 
DF/ENT/332/1/83Norman D Riley papers: Joint Committee for the Conservation of British Insects 
DF/ENT/332/1/90Norman D Riley papers: American Museum of Natural History: certificates of Corresponding Membership for N D Riley and Karl Jordan 
DF/ENT/307/81Riley, Norman D 
DF/ENT/332/1/77Norman D Riley papers: Society for Freedom in Science 
DF/TM/3/11/82/2Riley 
DF/ENT/340/30/10Smit letters/ MSS (IV) 
DF/ENT/332/1/4Bell, Ernest  
DF/ENT/340/21/20Sueur - Suyemoto 
DF/PH/2/1/1/9Staff Photograph: Norman Denbigh Riley, Keeper of Entomology, head & shoulders 
DF/ENT/332/1/80Norman D Riley papers: International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature, with some papers 
DF/ENT/332/1Riley, Norman Denbigh: Correspondence and Papers 
DF/ENT/332Lepidoptera Section, Correspondence and Papers 
DF/ZOO/232/6/15/12/1Palace Hotel  
DF/ZOO/232/6/15/12/9Peile, H W 
DF/PH/2/1/4/1Staff Group Photograph: 'The Establishment' (Full Staff Photograph) 
DF/PH/2/1/6/28Staff Photograph: Norman Denbigh Riley 
DF/ZOO/238/5/14/2/18SF14A Dolphin collecting, China seas. W. J. Stuttard Esq. 
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