William Christoper Boyd | |
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Born | 1842
Hackney, London, U.K. |
Died | 18 September 1906
Cheshunt, U.K. | (aged 63–64)
Occupation | |
Years active | 1867-1904 |
William Christopher Boyd (1842–18 September 1906 [1]) was a British entomologist and numismatist.
Boyd was born in 1842 [2] and baptised on 16 February at St John's Church, Hackney. [3] Boyd's parents were Christopher Boyd, a gentleman [3] [4] and Mary Ann Harriet Boyd (née Galliver), [5] who had married at St John's Church, Hackney on 26 April 1838. [4]
Boyd was privately educated, and began working when comparatively young. [1]
Boyd's regular employment was as a partner in his family's business, the Manchester Drapers and Warehousemen firm J.C. Boyd and Company, who had a base at 7 Friday Street, London. [6] [5] Boyd was a liveryman of the Draper's Company and served as Master of the Company in 1898. [5]
Boyd was also a Justice of the Peace for the county of Hertfordshire, and was a Governor of St. Batholomew's Hospital, London. [6]
Boyd married Fanny Wales on 9 August 1878 at Holy Trinity, Waltham Cross [7] and the couple went on to have four children. [8]
Boyd was a keen sportsman, enjoying shooting and cricket. [6]
Boyd was interested in archaeology and ethnography, and he collected Neolithic and Paleolithic implements as well as ethnographic material. [1] As of 2005, the survival status of Boyd's archaeological and ethnographic collections was not known. [5]
Boyd died at his home, a house named "The Grange" in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire on 18 September 1906. [9]
Boyd's principal studies concerned Lepidoptera, most particularly moths including Tineidae, [6] but he also worked on Neuroptera in the later part of his life. [1]
Boyd was elected a Member of The Entomological Society of London in December 1867. [10] Boyd regularly exhibited specimens at Entomological Society meetings (for example in May 1874, October 1885, and December 1888 [11] [12] [13]) and he published short notices occasionally in the Entomologist's Monthly Magazine from 1868 [14] until 1904. [15] [6]
Boyd's collection of 445 butterflies, 12,500 moths and 800 Trichoptera specimens were presented to the Natural History Museum, London in 1923 by his widow. [16] Boyd's notebooks dating from 1859 to 1889 are held in the archives of the Natural History Museum, London. [17]
Boyd's interest in coins was inspired by a collection he had inherited from George Henry Galliver, his maternal uncle. [5] Boyd joined the Numismatic Society in 1892 and was Honorary Treasurer from 1902 until his death. [1] He was described as having excellent powers of observation for examining coins and identifying those which were rare or unpublished varieties. [1] In 1897 Boyd came into the possession of a hoard of 193 Roman Denarii which had been found near Cambridge and he published a detailed account of the find and how it compared to a similar hoard found at Brickendonbury (a country estate near Hertford, Hertfordshire) in 1895. [18]
During his lifetime between 1893 and 1903 Boyd donated 36 ancient coins to the British Museum. [19] Boyd's personal coin and medal collection remained with his relatives until 2005, when it was offered for sale by the numismatic auctioneers A.H. Baldwin and Sons. [5]
William Christoper Boyd | |
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Born | 1842
Hackney, London, U.K. |
Died | 18 September 1906
Cheshunt, U.K. | (aged 63–64)
Occupation | |
Years active | 1867-1904 |
William Christopher Boyd (1842–18 September 1906 [1]) was a British entomologist and numismatist.
Boyd was born in 1842 [2] and baptised on 16 February at St John's Church, Hackney. [3] Boyd's parents were Christopher Boyd, a gentleman [3] [4] and Mary Ann Harriet Boyd (née Galliver), [5] who had married at St John's Church, Hackney on 26 April 1838. [4]
Boyd was privately educated, and began working when comparatively young. [1]
Boyd's regular employment was as a partner in his family's business, the Manchester Drapers and Warehousemen firm J.C. Boyd and Company, who had a base at 7 Friday Street, London. [6] [5] Boyd was a liveryman of the Draper's Company and served as Master of the Company in 1898. [5]
Boyd was also a Justice of the Peace for the county of Hertfordshire, and was a Governor of St. Batholomew's Hospital, London. [6]
Boyd married Fanny Wales on 9 August 1878 at Holy Trinity, Waltham Cross [7] and the couple went on to have four children. [8]
Boyd was a keen sportsman, enjoying shooting and cricket. [6]
Boyd was interested in archaeology and ethnography, and he collected Neolithic and Paleolithic implements as well as ethnographic material. [1] As of 2005, the survival status of Boyd's archaeological and ethnographic collections was not known. [5]
Boyd died at his home, a house named "The Grange" in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire on 18 September 1906. [9]
Boyd's principal studies concerned Lepidoptera, most particularly moths including Tineidae, [6] but he also worked on Neuroptera in the later part of his life. [1]
Boyd was elected a Member of The Entomological Society of London in December 1867. [10] Boyd regularly exhibited specimens at Entomological Society meetings (for example in May 1874, October 1885, and December 1888 [11] [12] [13]) and he published short notices occasionally in the Entomologist's Monthly Magazine from 1868 [14] until 1904. [15] [6]
Boyd's collection of 445 butterflies, 12,500 moths and 800 Trichoptera specimens were presented to the Natural History Museum, London in 1923 by his widow. [16] Boyd's notebooks dating from 1859 to 1889 are held in the archives of the Natural History Museum, London. [17]
Boyd's interest in coins was inspired by a collection he had inherited from George Henry Galliver, his maternal uncle. [5] Boyd joined the Numismatic Society in 1892 and was Honorary Treasurer from 1902 until his death. [1] He was described as having excellent powers of observation for examining coins and identifying those which were rare or unpublished varieties. [1] In 1897 Boyd came into the possession of a hoard of 193 Roman Denarii which had been found near Cambridge and he published a detailed account of the find and how it compared to a similar hoard found at Brickendonbury (a country estate near Hertford, Hertfordshire) in 1895. [18]
During his lifetime between 1893 and 1903 Boyd donated 36 ancient coins to the British Museum. [19] Boyd's personal coin and medal collection remained with his relatives until 2005, when it was offered for sale by the numismatic auctioneers A.H. Baldwin and Sons. [5]