John Heath (entomologist)
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John Heath | |
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.jpg) Heath trap | |
| Born | 18 January 1922 Worcester, England |
| Died | 6 July 1987 (aged 65) |
| Citizenship | British |
| Alma mater | King Edward VI School, Southampton |
| Known for | Editor of The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland Established data banks as a tool for conservation policy[1] The Heath trap |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Lepidopterology |
| Institutions | Merlewood Research Station (Nature Conservancy) Monks Wood Experimental Station |
John Heath (18 January 1922 – 6 July 1987) FRES was an English entomologist, specialising in lepidoptera. He helped to established data banks as a tool for conservation policy, both at a national and local level; was chief editor of The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland; and helped to develop the Heath Trap, a portable moth light used for recording moths at light.[1]
Born in Worcester on 18 January 1922, his father Frederick Heath had been an officer in the Indian Army, who had taken a teaching job in Southampton and became the head of an elementary school in Winchester.[2] John attended King Edward VI School, Southampton.[1] His interest in entomology developed as a youth spent in and around the Hamble estuary, Hampshire.[1] An intention to go to Cambridge to study electronics did not happen because of army service during the Second World War. While employed by the Nature Conservancy at Merlewood he married Joan Broomfield in 1955; their son was born a year later.[3]
