Hugh Bosdin Leech (10 May 1910 – 8 November 1990) was a Canadian-American entomologist who specialized in the systematics of beetles. Leech was born in Kamloops, British Columbia to parents, Daniel Herbert and Olive Roberta Shephered, who had moved from Manchester, England. His grandfather Sir Bosdin Leech had overseen the construction of the Manchester Ship Canal. Leech was educated at Lakefield and Vernon Preparatory Schools before going to Salmon Arm High School. At a young age he was interested in natural history and was influenced by

Ralph Hopping Ralph H. Hopping (April 8, 1868, New York City – October 29, 1941) was an American-born Canadian entomologist who specialized in Coleoptera (beetles and weevils). Biography Hopping was born in New York City. From an early age he collected an ...

, a forest entomologist. He then obtained a BSc from the

University of British Columbia, Vancouver The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public research university with campuses near Vancouver and in Kelowna, British Columbia. Established in 1908, it is British Columbia's oldest university. The university ranks among the top three ...

in 1933 and an MSc from the University of California, Berkeley where he studied entomology with E.O. Essig. He married Frances Orchid Quail in 1936. The family moved to California in 1947 joining the department of entomology at the California Academy of Sciences as an assistant curator and became an American citizen in 1955.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Leech, Hugh Bosdin 1910 births 1990 deaths Canadian entomologists People from Kamloops 20th-century American zoologists Canadian emigrants to the United States