Percy Hall Grimshaw

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(1869 in

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– 1939 in

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) was an

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and zoogeographer. He was an expert on butterflies (

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). He is also known for his work on

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Life

He was born in Leeds the son of Emma and David Grimshaw. He originally was in banking in Leeds. In 1895 he accompanied

William Eagle Clarke Dr William Eagle Clarke FLS FRSE PBOU Imperial Service Order, I.S.O Doctor of Laws, LL.D. (16 March 1853 – 10 May 1938) was a British ornithologist. Life Clarke was born in Leeds where his father William Clarke was a solicitor and educated at ...

to Edinburgh to take on roles at the Royal Scottish Museum as an entomologist. From 1930 to 1935 he was Keeper of Natural History in the museum. He is known mainly for his work on

. In 1909 he was elected a Fellow of the

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. His proposers were Sir James Johnston Dobbie, John Horne,

and Ramsay Heatley Traquair. He died in

on 14 November 1939.

Family

He was married to Jeannie Blair White.

Works

partial list *1901 Diptera. p. l-77 ''

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'' and 1902 supplement with

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*1911 Bartholomew, J.G., Clarke, W.E., Grimshaw, P.H.
Atlas of Zoogeography
'. John Bartholomew and Co., Edinburgh. *1912 Clare Island Survey: A biological survey of Clare Island, Co. Mayo: Diptera ''

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'', Vol. XXXI, Sect. 2, Part 25, pp. 1–34, December, 1912

References

*Ritchie, J. 1939 rimshaw, P. H. ''North Western Nat.'', Arbroath 14 : 290–291, 247–248 *Ritchie, J. 1941 rimshaw, P. H. ''Proc. R. Soc. Edinb''., Edinburgh 60 : 392–393 *Smart, J. 1945 rimshaw, P. H. ''Journ. Soc. Bibl. Nat. Hist''., London 2 : 39–42 Bibliography of Percy Hall Grimshaw

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Percy Hall Grimshaw
accesses full bibliography. {{DEFAULTSORT:Grimshaw, Percy H. English entomologists Dipterists 1869 births 1939 deaths Companions of the Imperial Service Order Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Members of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union