Victor Frank Eastop FLS

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B (1924–2012) was a British

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 ...

. He was born in London, UK. He went to

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but his time as an undergraduate was interrupted by four years in the RAF (1943–47) Back at Reading, he obtained his first degree in 1950 and then received an Agricultural Research Council grant to work on aphids at

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, completing his MSc in 1952 and PhD in 1955. Much of Eastop’s taxonomic work was based on the accurate measurement of

aphid Aphids are small sap-sucking insects and members of the superfamily Aphidoidea. Common names include greenfly and blackfly, although individuals within a species can vary widely in color. The group includes the fluffy white woolly aphids. A t ...

body parts under the microscope, he developed the understanding of how these measurements varied according to the conditions under which the insects developed. Interpreting such variation correctly is vital for correct identification of species. In 1952, Eastop was awarded a Colonial Office Research Fellowship to study aphids in East Africa, after which he joined the staff of the

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as a Senior Scientific Officer. He was also a visiting scientist to New Zealand (in 1959, 1972 and 1983), Israel (1982), Beijing (1985) and had visiting professorships in Brazil (1972–73), Sweden (1973 and 1978), and Iran (1978). He served as President (1987–89) of the

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Selected publications

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