Douglas Keely Kevan FRSE FACCA (1895–1968) was a 20th-century British chartered accountant and noted entomologist and conchologist.

Life

He was born on 4 February 1895 in

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, the son of Alfred Keely Kevan. He served in the Territorial Army and at the onset of the

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was immediately called up. He served in the London Scottish Regiment. He was promoted to Second Lieutenant in May 1915. He was wounded later in 1915 and transferred to home duties with the Royal Army Service Corps, where he achieved the rank of captain. In his professional life he worked variously for Neame & Co and for Price & Price, largely linked to the timber industry. In 1943 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh due to his contributions to science. His proposers were Alexander Charles Stephen, James Ritchie, James Wright and Thomas Rowatt. He retired in 1958 and died at home, 9 Cluny Drive in

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on 15 May 1968.

Family

In 1918 he married Gynnyth Paine. Their children included Prof Douglas Keith McEwan Kevan FRSE.

References

1895 births 1968 deaths London Scottish soldiers Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh British entomologists 20th-century British zoologists British Army personnel of World War I London Scottish officers Royal Army Service Corps officers Military personnel from Chelmsford {{UK-scientist-stub