Thomas Henry Allis | |
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Born | 15 January 1817 |
Died | 1 August 1870 York | (aged 53)
Occupation | Entomologist |
Thomas Henry Allis (15 January 1817 – 1 August 1870) was a British entomologist specialising in Lepidoptera.
Allis was the son of Thomas Allis, a comparative anatomist at York. He attended Friend's School.
As an entomologist Allis was a member of the Entomological Society of London and the Entomological Society of Stettin. [1] He amassed a large collection of lepidoptera, which was donation by his father to the Yorkshire Philosophical Society. [2] The collection contained 19,585 specimens of 1,873 species of butterfly and moth. [2] The collection is one of the largest biological collections in the Yorkshire Museum. [3] The collection was used as the basis of an exhibition at Shandy Hall in 2005 titled 'The Winged Skull and 8000 other moths'. [4] Allis had also donated specimens, in 1854, to the Entomological Society of London. [5]
A species of moth, Exaeretia allisella, is named after Allis. [1] He had caught the original specimens near Rotherham and Maryport and sent them to H.T. Stainton for his revision of the genus Exaeretia. [6]
Allis' grave is in the Friend's Burial Ground, York. [7]
Thomas Henry Allis | |
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Born | 15 January 1817 |
Died | 1 August 1870 York | (aged 53)
Occupation | Entomologist |
Thomas Henry Allis (15 January 1817 – 1 August 1870) was a British entomologist specialising in Lepidoptera.
Allis was the son of Thomas Allis, a comparative anatomist at York. He attended Friend's School.
As an entomologist Allis was a member of the Entomological Society of London and the Entomological Society of Stettin. [1] He amassed a large collection of lepidoptera, which was donation by his father to the Yorkshire Philosophical Society. [2] The collection contained 19,585 specimens of 1,873 species of butterfly and moth. [2] The collection is one of the largest biological collections in the Yorkshire Museum. [3] The collection was used as the basis of an exhibition at Shandy Hall in 2005 titled 'The Winged Skull and 8000 other moths'. [4] Allis had also donated specimens, in 1854, to the Entomological Society of London. [5]
A species of moth, Exaeretia allisella, is named after Allis. [1] He had caught the original specimens near Rotherham and Maryport and sent them to H.T. Stainton for his revision of the genus Exaeretia. [6]
Allis' grave is in the Friend's Burial Ground, York. [7]