Joseph Greene
Born1824
Ireland
Died1906(1906-00-00) (aged 81–82)
Bristol, England
Scientific career
FieldsEntomology

Reverend Joseph Greene (1824 – 1906) was a British entomologist and lepidopterist best known for introducing the technique of digging up pupae for rearing. He published a book The Insect Hunter's Companion to popularize insect study.

Life

A silver trowel was presented to Greene for his work on digging pupae

Greene studied at Trinity College Dublin, graduating in 1858 with an M.A. degree.[1][2] The amateur entomologist Alexander Henry Haliday was a friend of Greene and Arthur Rikey Hogan.[3] He became a parish priest serving in Derbyshire, Cotswold, and at the Halton Rectory at various times. He examined and collected insects in the areas where he lived. In 1854 he published the earliest catalogue of the Irish lepidoptera,[4] entitled "A List of Lepidoptera hitherto taken in Ireland as far as the end of the Geometrae". In his popular guide to moth and insect collecting, The Insect Hunter's Companion, he summarised methods for capture of insects, with the book running to several editions.[1] He was a very successful collector of pupae in soil which he collected for rearing, and popularized the technique in 1857. He obtained large numbers of moths and butterflies that were otherwise considered extremely difficult to obtain.[5][6][7] He was elected to the Royal Entomological Society in 1850.[5]

He died, aged 82, at his home Rostrevor, Clifton, Bristol.[5]

Arms

Coat of arms of Joseph Greene
Notes
Confirmed 25 January 1896 by Arthur Edward Vicars, Ulster King of Arms.[8]
Crest
On a wreath of the colours a dragon's head erased Azure gorged Or.
Escutcheon
Per pale Or and Azure three bucks trippant counterchanged.
Motto
Nescia Fallere Vita

Selected publications

  • "A List of Lepidoptera hitherto taken in Ireland as far as the end of the Geometrae" (1854) Nat. Hist. Review, 1., 165, 238.
  • The Insect Hunter's Companion: being instructions for collecting and preserving butterflies and moths and comprising an essay on pupa digging[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Praeger, Robert L. (1949). Some Irish Naturalists. Dundalk: Dundalgan Press. p. 89.
  2. ↑ Beirne, Bryan P.; O'Riordan, C. E. (1985). "Irish Entomology: The First Hundred Years". The Irish Naturalists' Journal. 21: 1–40. ISSN 0021-1311. JSTOR 20764401.
  3. ↑ Nash, Robert (1983). "A Brief Summary of the Development of Entomology in Ireland during the Years 1790-1870". The Irish Naturalists' Journal. 21 (4): 145–150. ISSN 0021-1311. JSTOR 25538755.
  4. ↑ "A Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Ireland". Nature. 65 (1678): 172. 1901. Bibcode:1901Natur..65Q.172.. doi:10.1038/065172a0. hdl:2027/coo.31924018341184. ISSN 0028-0836. S2CID 4060726.
  5. 1 2 3 "Obituary". The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. 42: 66–67. 1906.
  6. ↑ Salmon, Michael A. (2000). The Aurelian Legacy: British Butterflies and Their Collectors. University of California Press. pp. 165–166.
  7. ↑ Wilkinson, Ronald Sterne (1966). "The Invention of "Sugaring" for Moths in Ninetheeth-Century England". The Great Lakes Entomologist. 1: 1–9.
  8. ↑ "Grants and Confirmations of Arms, Vol. H". National Library of Ireland. p. 354. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
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