Arthur Gardiner Butler

Arthur Gardiner Butler
Born(1844-06-27)27 June 1844
Chelsea, London
Died28 May 1925(1925-05-28) (aged 80)
Beckenham, Kent

Arthur Gardiner Butler F.L.S., F.Z.S. (27 June 1844 – 28 May 1925) was an English entomologist, arachnologist and ornithologist. He worked at the British Museum on the taxonomy of birds, insects, and spiders.

Biography

Arthur Gardiner Butler was born at Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, London. He was the son of Thomas Butler (1809–1908), assistant-secretary to the British Museum. He was educated at St. Paul's School, later receiving a year's tuition in drawing at the Art School of South Kensington.

At the British Museum, he was appointed as an officer with two roles, as an assistant-keeper in zoology and as an assistant-librarian in 1879. He retired in 1901 and devoted his later life to his garden and cagebirds.

Butler published many works on butterflies and moths, but Reginald Innes Pocock described these as merely "useful". He also published articles on spiders of Australia, the Galápagos, Madagascar, and other places. In 1859, he described the Deana moth.

Selected works

Entomology

Ornithology

References

  1. 1 2 Mullens & Swann (1917), p. 111.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Pocock, R. I. (1926). "Obituary Notices: Dr. Arthur Gardiner Butler". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. 138 (1): 75–76. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.1926.tb01372.x.
  3. ↑ Thomas Butler: "record on Thomas Butler". Natural History Museum. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  4. ↑ He was admitted 15-03-1854, according to: Gardiner, R. B.; St. Paul's School (London, England) (1884). The Admission registers of St. Paul's School from 1748 to 1876, edited, with biographical notices and notes on the earlier masters and scholars of the school, from the time of its foundation. London: George Bell and Sons. p. 329. OCLC 220315629 (all editions).
  5. ↑ Trustees of the Museum (10 December 1898). Statutes and Rules for the British Museum. London: Woodfall and Kinder. pp. 42, 48 – via Internet Archive (Biodiversity Heritage Library).
  6. ↑ Dennis P. Gordon (2009–2012). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Christchurch, N.Z.: Canterbury University Press. ISBN 978-1-877257-72-8. OCLC 340800193.

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