Richard Karl Hjalmar Frey (1886–1965) was a

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entomologist Entomology () is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such as arach ...

. From 1919 to 1955, Richard Frey was head of the

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. He was primarily interested in

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and he described many new species in this Order. He studied exotic insects as well as those of Finland, especially those of

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and

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. Frey acquired by exchange or purchase many collections, notably the Georg Böttcher (1865–1915) collection of Philippine Diptera. When he retired, the University of Finland purchased his collection for the museum.

Works

Partial list *1941 Volume VI.Diptera. ''Enumeratio insectorum fenniae'' Helsingfors Entomologiska Bytesförening, Helsingfors *1949 Die Dipterenfauna der Insel Madeira ''Sac. Scient. Fenn. Comm. Biol.'' 8, 16: l-47. *1958 with Walter Hackman ''Zur Kenntnis der Diptera Brachycera der Kapverdischen Inseln''. Volume 18 Commentationes biologicae in ''Entomologische Ergebnisse der finnländischen Kanaren-Expedition 1947-51'' Issue 20 Akademische Buchhandlung.

References

*Hackman,W ichard Hjalmar Frey1966 ''Arsb. Vuosil Soc Sci fenn.'' 44:1-7 {{DEFAULTSORT:Frey, Richard Finnish entomologists 1965 deaths 1886 births Dipterists 20th-century zoologists