Francis Balfour-Browne
William Alexander Francis Balfour-Browne FRSE FZS FLS PRMS (1874–1967), known as Frank,[1] was an English entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera, especially Dytiscidae (diving beetles).
Life and work
[edit]Balfour-Browne was born at 16 Ebury Street in London to John Hutton Balfour-Browne KC (d.1921) and Caroline Lush.[2]
He was educated at St Paul's School. As a child he was keenly interested in water beetles, and the group became the subject of his research throughout his life.[1] He studied botany at Magdalen College, Oxford, and was then called to the bar in 1898. He returned to Oxford to study zoology the following year.[3] Beginning in 1906 he taught biology at the Belfast College of the Royal University of Ireland (now known as Queen's University Belfast). In 1913 he became a lecturer in the University of Cambridge.
During the First World War he was a lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps.[2]
He was Professor of Entomology at Imperial College from 1925 to 1930 and was a friend of Robert Lloyd Praeger.
Balfour-Browne was the author of a Text-book of Practical Entomology, British Water Beetles published by the Ray Society, Concerning the Habits of Insects and many scientific papers, mainly on entomology.
Balfour-Browne was a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society.
He died in Edinburgh on 28 September 1967.[2]
Family
[edit]He married in Glasgow on 4 October 1902 Elizabeth Lochhead Carslaw, daughter of Rev. Dr. Carslaw.[2]
His son John Balfour-Browne was also an entomologist, who became a Principal Scientific Officer at the Natural History Museum, London.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Gay, Hannah (2007). The History of Imperial College London, 1907-2007: Higher Education and Research in Science, Technology and Medicine. Imperial College Press. p. 175. ISBN 9781860948183.
- ^ a b c d C D Waterston; A Macmillan Shearer (July 2006). Former Fellows of The Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1783–2002: Part 1 (A–J) (PDF). Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 090219884X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ^ "BALFOUR-BROWNE, Professor William Alexander Francis (1874-1967)". Archives Hub. Archived from the original on 18 January 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
- ^ "Browne; John William Alexander Francis Balfour-". Natural History Museum. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
Sources
[edit]- Angus, R. B. 1967: [Balfour-Browne, W. A. F.] Entomologist's Monthly Magazine (3), London 103:286-288, Portrait
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- 1874 births
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- People from Belgravia
- Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford
- Academics of Queen's University Belfast
- Academics of the University of Cambridge
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Royal Army Medical Corps officers
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