George H. Carpenter, more precisely known as George Herbert Carpenter, was a British naturalist and entomologist (insect scientist) who lived from 1865 to 1939. Here's a summary of what we know about him:
- Expertise: Insects and arachnids (spiders, scorpions, etc.), zoogeography (animal distribution), and economic zoology (animals with economic importance).
- Career Highlights:
- Worked at the South Kensington Museum (London) early in his career.
- Became Assistant Naturalist at the Museum of Science and Art in Dublin (1888), focusing on Irish natural history for 16 years.
- Authored five books on insects and natural history.
- Contributed to scientific journals and the Encyclopædia Britannica.
- Served as secretary of the Royal Irish Academy (1920-1923).
- Became keeper of the Manchester Museum (1923-1934).
- Known Works:
- Insects: Their Structure & Life
- A Primer of Entomology
- (co-authored) Catalogue of the Fishes of New York
- The Life-story of Insects
- Insect Transformation
- The Biology of Insects
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