Francis Buchanan White (20 March 1842,

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– 3 December 1894, Perth) was a Scottish entomologist and botanist. He studied medicine at the

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, graduating with an M.D. in 1864. After doing a

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in 1866, he settled in Perth where he would remain his entire life. His main area of interest was the Lepidoptera and the taxonomy of the Hemiptera. He was the author of numerous scientific papers, published in the ''Scottish Naturalist'', ''

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'', and ''The Proceedings and Transactions of the Perthshire Society of Natural Science''. White was elected in 1868 a Fellow of the

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and in 1873 a Fellow of the

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.Manuscript Collection of Francis Buchanan-White (1842-1894), A Collection Description
/ref> In 1883, Buchanan White redescribed the known species of the Hemiptera genus '' Halobates'' and he illustrated 11 species in colour, with numerous drawings in black and white of structural details. This was one of the parts of the Challenger Report. PelagichemipteraWhite01

Selected publications

* (See Thomas Blackburn (entomologist).) * * * * *with J. W. H. Trail:

References

* 1842 births 1894 deaths People from Perth, Scotland Scottish botanists Scottish publishers (people) Scottish entomologists Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Fellows of the Royal Entomological Society Fellows of the Linnean Society of London 19th-century Scottish businesspeople {{UK-entomologist-stub