James Charles Dale

James Charles Dale (* 1792, † February 6, 1872 ) was a wealthy English naturalist who devoted most of his life to entomology.

James Dale was the son of a wealthy landowner. He received his MA at the University of Cambridge in 1818. He was a friend of James Francis Stephens, who often mentions him in his work, Illustrations of British Entomology. Even with John Curtis, he was good friends and frequently mentioned in the British Entomology. Another close friend was the Irish entomologist Alexander Henry Haliday. His main area of ​​work were the beetles, although he worked in the field of all orders.

His first contribution to the Lepidoptera was published in the 1830s and Magazine of Natural History. This was followed by 83 more posts and articles.

On June 25, 1822 he was elected a member of the first Entomological Society of London.

Works

Catalogue of the Insects of coleopterous Dorsetshire, in:. Nat, Volume 2, 1837, pp. 408-415, and Volume 3, 1838, pp. 12-18.

Collections

Dales collection is in the Hope Department of Entomology and thus in the Oxford University Museum of Natural History. The collection was stored after the arrival of 1906 in 33 cabinets. Of these, five were devoted to the Coleoptera. His manuscripts and notebooks are in the Hope Library.

Credentials

Obituaries

  • Anon, 1872: Entomologists Monthly Magazine 8, 1872, pp. 255-56
  • Anon, 1872: Petites Nouv. Ent., 4, p.197.
  • E. Newman, 1872: Entomologist 6, 1872, p.56
  • J.O. Westwood, 1872: Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London
  • Entomologist
  • Lepidopterist
  • Odonatologe
  • Briton
  • Born in 1792
  • Died in 1872
  • Man
England John Curtis (entomologist) Royal Entomological Society
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