Wilfrid John Hall CMG MC (13 December 1892 – 13 January 1965) 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 ...

. The son of

John Richard Clark Hall John Richard Clark Hall (1855 – 6 August 1931) was a British scholar of Old English, and a barrister. In his professional life, Hall worked as a clerk at the Local Government Board in Whitehall. Admitted to Gray's Inn in 1881 and called to the ...

, he was director of the

Commonwealth Institute of Entomology CABI (legally CAB International, formerly Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux) is a nonprofit intergovernmental development and information organisation focusing primarily on agricultural and environmental issues in the developing world, and the c ...

1946–1958, and president of the

Royal Entomological Society The Royal Entomological Society is devoted to the study of insects. Its aims are to disseminate information about insects and improving communication between entomologists. The society was founded in 1833 as the Entomological Society of London ...

1955–1956.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hall, Wilfred John Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George Recipients of the Military Cross 1892 births 1965 deaths