George Herbert Carpenter
British naturalist and entomologist (1865-1939)
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George Herbert Carpenter (1865–1939) was a British naturalist and entomologist,[1][2] born in the Peckham district of southeast London in 1865, and died in Belfast on 22 January 1939.[3][1][4] His main interests were in the study of insects and arachnids, zoogeography, and economic zoology.[3] In addition to numerous contributions to scientific journals and Encyclopædia Britannica, he authored five books.[5]
George Herbert Carpenter | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1865 |
| Died | 1939 (aged 73–74) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Entomology, natural history |
| Institutions | Museum of Science and Art, Dublin |
Education and career
Carpenter was privately educated as a youth, and studied at King's College London, earning a Bachelor of Science degree at London University and a Doctor of Science degree from Queen's University Belfast.[3]
His first employment as a naturalist was as a clerk in the South Kensington Museum, where he pursued an interest in the natural history of Ireland.[3] In 1888, he took a position in Dublin, Ireland as Assistant Naturalist at the Museum of Science and Art, Dublin, (now the National Museum of Ireland - Natural History) devoting the next 16 years to developing the museum's collections on the natural history of Ireland.[3]
He was active in the Dublin Naturalists' Field Club and in 1892 he co-founded the Irish Naturalist for which he was editor until 1922.[3] He was professor of zoology at the Royal College of Science for Ireland (Dublin) from 1904-1922 when he took up a post in Manchester and left Dublin. The Irish Naturalist ceased publication in 1924, and was revived as the Irish Naturalists' Journal.[6]
Publications
Carpenter contributed to a range of scientific journals and to Encyclopædia Britannica, and wrote five books:[5]
- Insects: Their Structure & Life, A Primer of Entomology. London: J. M. Dent, 1899.
- Catalogue of the Fishes of New York (with Tarleton Hoffman Bean). New York State Museum Bulletin No. 60; Zoology, No. 9. Albany: University of the State of New York, 1903.
- The Life-story of Insects. Cambridge: University press, and G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1913.
- Insect Transformation. London: Methuen, 1921.
- The Biology of Insects. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1928.
