Record

CodePX7306
Dates1877-1959
Person NameEdelsten; Hubert McDonald (1877-1959); Lepidopterist
SurnameEdelsten
ForenamesHubert McDonald
EpithetLepidopterist
ActivityDuring the First World War served in the Royal Naval Air Ambulance Service. After the War became Secretary to the Committee for the Protection of British Insects. In 1939 joined the Ministry of Agriculture and was concerned with the entomology of food crops. This work included the study of the Colorado Beetle. Honorary Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society of London and an Associate in charge of British Lepidoptera at The Natural History Museum.
Catalogue
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DF/ENT/332/1/82Norman D Riley papers: Obituary of Hubert M Edelsten
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