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Frederic Charles Fraser (15 February 1880, in
Woolwich
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– 2 March 1963, in Linwood was an
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entomologist who specialised in
Odonata
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The two com ...
. Following army service in
India
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as a
surgeon with the rank of
lieutenant colonel, Fraser devoted himself entirely to dragonflies, mostly in the
British Museum (Natural History)
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, where his collection is maintained. Fraser's correspondence with
A. Eric Gardner is in the library of the Natural History Museum, London. Fraser's correspondence with the Irish odonatologist
Niall McNeill is in the
Oxford University Museum
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. He was a fellow of the
Royal Entomological Society
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.
Selected works
* 1933 ''
The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma
''The Fauna of British India'' (short title) with long titles including ''The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma'', and ''The Fauna of British India Including the Remainder of the Oriental Region'' is a series of scientific books th ...
'' including Burma and Ceylo
Odonata. 1 Introduction, Coenagriidae. New Delhi.423pp.
* 1934 ''
The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma
''The Fauna of British India'' (short title) with long titles including ''The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma'', and ''The Fauna of British India Including the Remainder of the Oriental Region'' is a series of scientific books th ...
'' including Burma and Ceylo
Odonata. 2 Agriidae, Gomphidae. New Delhi.398 pp, 120 figures, 1 coloured plate.
* 1936 ''
The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma
''The Fauna of British India'' (short title) with long titles including ''The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma'', and ''The Fauna of British India Including the Remainder of the Oriental Region'' is a series of scientific books th ...
'' including Burma and Ceylo
Odonata. 3 Cordulegasteridae, Aeshnidae, Libellulidae. 461 p.
* 1954 The Origin and Descent of the Order Odonata based on the Evidence of persistent archaic Characters. ''Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London''.Ser.B, 23: 89-95
* 1957 ''A reclassification of the order Odonata'' R. Zool. Soc. N.S.W., Sydney, Australia, 155 pp.
* 1960 ''A handbook of the dragonflies of Australasia: with keys for the identification of all species'' R. Zool. Soc. N.S.W., Sydney, Australia, 67 pp. + 27 plates.
References
*Kimmins, D.E. (1966)
A list of the Odonata types described by F. C. Fraser, now in the British Museum (Natural History) ''Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History)''. 18(6): 173-227.
*Kimmins, D.E. (1968)
A list of the type-specimens of Libellulidae and Corduliidae (Odonata) in the British Museum (Natural History) ''Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History)''. 22(6):277-305
*Kimmins, D.E. (1969)
A list of the type-specimens of Odonata in the British Museum (Natural History) Part II ''Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History)''. 23(7):287-314
*Kimmins, D.E. (1970)
A list of the type-specimens of Odonata in the British Museum (Natural History) Part III ''Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History)''. 24(6):171-205
Sources
* Anon.
.C. Fraser''Entom. Mon. Mag.'', 99, 1963, p. 96 including a portrait.
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