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Robert McLachlan (entomologist)

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at a private school where he developed a good knowledge of English, French and German. Due to a sizable inheritance, McLachlan was a man of independent means and devoted himself entirely to the study of entomology and other aspects of natural history. An initial interest in botany was prompted by a
104:. McLachlan had extensive connections with a worldwide community of entomologists and was able to build a collection of Neuroptera that was one of the largest in the world. He also had an extensive collection of butterflies, many of which were once common in Britain but had become rare or extinct. 52:
McLachlan was born in London on 10 April 1837, one of five children of Hugh McLachlan and Hannah (Thompson) McLachlan. His father was a successful manufacturer of ship chronometers. He lived his early life in
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prompted him to study Neuroptera. He wrote his first paper on this order in 1861, including a description of a new British species. Other papers on lacewings followed, culminating with his
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He next turned his attention to the collection and study of caddisflies (Trichoptera) becoming an acknowledged authority on this order. His greatest work was considered to be the
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in 1858, and served variously as secretary, treasurer and president. He was a member of the
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at the British Museum to identify the plants in his collection. An acquaintance with
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desire to understand the relationship between butterflies and their food plants.
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Monographic revision and synopsis of the Trichoptera of the European fauna
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Monographic Revision and Synopsis of the Trichoptera of the European Fauna
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and a member of various other British and foreign learned societies.
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The Entomologist: An Illustrated Journal of General Entomology
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In 1855, after a broken engagement, McLachlan traveled to
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Index

Robert McLachlan (botanist)
FRS
lacewings
caddisflies
Ongar
Essex
Ilford
New South Wales
Shanghai
Robert Brown
John Van Voorst
Hermann August Hagen
camera lucida
Entomologist's Monthly Magazine
Entomological Society of London
Linnean Society
Royal Society
Zoological Society of London
Royal Horticultural Society
Ray Society
Lewisham
Tower Hamlets Cemetery
"In Memoriam: Robert McLachlan"
"Robert McLachlan"
Bibcode
1904Natur..70..106W
doi
10.1038/070106b0
S2CID
4040802

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