Robert McLachlan (entomologist)

Robert McLachlan (or M’Lachlan or Mac Lachlan) FRS FRSE FLS RHS (1837-1904) was an English entomologist.

Life

McLachlan was born the son of Hugh McLachlan, a ship chandler, on 10 April 1837 at 17 Upper East Smithfield in London.[1]

He lived his early life in Ongar, Essex, and was educated in Ilford and inherited sufficient money to enable him to devote himself enitirely to the study of natural history and to travel. He devoted himself initially to botany before specializing in the study of the Neuroptera.

In 1855 he made a long sea voyage to Australia (New South Wales) and Shanghai specifically for research purposes.[2]

McLachlan was the first editor of the review Entomologists' Monthly Magazine. He became a member of the Entomological Society of London in 1858, its secretary in 1868 to 1872, treasurer from 1873 to 1875 and from 1891 to 1904 and president 1885 to 1886. He was also a member of the Linnean Society of London from 1862, of the Royal Society from 1877, the Zoological Society of London from 1881 and of the Royal Horticultural Society from 1888. He was also a member of the council of the Ray Society and a member of various British and foreign learned societies.

He died on 23 May 1904 in Lewisham, close to London. He is buried in Tower Hamlets Cemetery.[3]

Works

Among his publications are

  • Monograph of the British species of caddis-flies (1865).
  • Monograph of the British Neuroptera-Planipennia (1868).
  • Monograph British Psocidae (1866-1867).
  • Catalogue of British Neuroptera (1870).
  • Monographic revision and synopsis of the Trichoptera of the European fauna (two volumes, 1874 & 1880).

Translated from French Wikipedia

References

  1. ↑ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0 902 198 84 X.
  2. ↑ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0 902 198 84 X.
  3. ↑ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0 902 198 84 X.
  •  James, T. E. (1912). "McLachlan, Robert". In Lee, Sidney. Dictionary of National Biography, 1912 supplement​. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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