L. Hugh Newman

Leonard Hugh Newman, (3 February 1909 - 23 January 1993)^[1] was a British entomologist, author and broadcaster. He wrote many popular books on insects, especially butterflies and moths. With Peter Scott and James Fisher^{[citation needed]}, he was a resident member of the team who presented "Nature Parliament" on BBC radio's Children's Hour in the 1950s. ^[1] He ran a butterfly farm in Kent (which he inherited from his father), supplying among others Sir Winston Churchill, who bought many butterflies for his house at Chartwell.^[1] A collection of Newman's entomological photographs is held by the library of the Natural History Museum in London.