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E. C. M. d'Assis-Fonseca

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of Brazilian birth. His birth-place is given as Peri-peri. His mother, along with her other children, had come to Britain by 1911, and set up house in Bristol. Around 1920 he became a student of engineering at the University of Bristol, and then developed a career, also in Bristol, as an
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aeronautical engineer and designer, continuing to reside in Bristol up to his death in 1993. How he developed an interest in entomology is at present not known.
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note: many places in Brazil bear this name; from other entries on this census page, it is likely that this one is near Rio de Janeiro
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Handbooks for the Ident. of British Insects. Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata section (b) Muscidae (1968)
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GRO register of deaths Muriel Cressy D'Assis-Fonseca 2002(Q1) Bristol 3011A A40C 215
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Handbooks for the Ident. of British Insects. Brachycera : Dolichopodidae (1978)
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In 1932 he married Muriel Cressy Tucker (1906–2002). They had two children.
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GRO register of births Sep 1906 Muriel Cressy Tucker Penzance 5c 201
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GRO register of marriages Mar 1932 Deptford 1d 1298
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Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects
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Dolichopus subpennatus
Fannia collini
Fannia pseudonorvegica
Fannia subatripes
Alliopsis similaris
Heterostylodes caledonicus
Royal Entomological Society of London
Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects
Hope Entomological Collections
Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Fonseca's seed fly
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British entomologists
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