Eleanor Glanville

Eleanor Glanville

Lady Eleanor Glanville (c.1654–1709) was a 17th century English entomologist from Lincolnshire. She was particularly interested in butterflies. Lady Glanville collected large numbers of butterfly specimens, many of which survive as some of the earliest specimens kept in the Natural History Museum. She would beat the hedges for "a parcel of wormes", neighbours reported.

When she died, her children attempted to overturn her will because she was thought to be insane because of her hobby.

The Glanville Fritillary butterfly is named after her.

References

*Sharman Apt Russell, "An obsession with butterflies: our long love affair with a singular insect", Cambridge, MA: Perseus Publishing, 2003


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Glanville Fritillary — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum …   Wikipedia

  • Glanville — Glanvill or Glanville may refer to: * Glanville, Calvados, a commune in the Basse Normandie region of France * The suburb of Glanville in Adelaide, South AustraliaPeople: * Joseph Glanvill (1636–1680), English writer * Ranulf de Glanvill (died… …   Wikipedia

  • Joseph Dandridge — (January 1665 Winslow, Buckinghamshire 23 December 1747 London [http://books.google.com/books?hl=en lr= id=thmPzIltAV8C oi=fnd pg=PP11 dq=%22Joseph+Dandridge%22++ ots=9Em7gLeeR0 sig=gY2wzFUHWvthcd89mawZ0dRf4Jk#PPA192,M1] ), was an English silk… …   Wikipedia

  • List of coleopterists — Notable students of coleopterology (beetles) include the following.Coleopterists from Austria* Karl Wilhelm von Dalla Torre * Caspar Erasmus Duftschmid * Johann Angelo Ferrari * Karl Borromaeus Maria Josef Heller * Eduard Knirsch * Johann Nepomuk …   Wikipedia

  • Timeline of entomology - prior to 1800 — Prehistory= 13,000 B.C.The earliest evidence of man s interest in insects is from rock paintings. The insects depicted are bees.1800 1700BC.Bees were significant in other early civilisations, for instance at Malia, Crete, where jewellery depicts… …   Wikipedia

  • Henry II — 1. ( Henry the Saint ) 973 1024, king of Germany 1002 24 and emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1014 24. 2. ( Curtmantle ) 1133 89, king of England 1154 89: first king of the Plantagenet line (grandson of Henry I of England). 3. 1519 59, king of… …   Universalium

  • List of female composers — The following is a list of female composers, ordered by birthyear.until 1500* Sappho (born c. 612 BCE) * Xosroviduxt ( fl. early 8th century) * Sahakduxt ( fl. early 8th century) * Kassia (c.810–before 867) * Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179) *… …   Wikipedia

  • List of female composers by name — This article provides a list of female composers by name, alphabetically. For lists of female composers by date, see List of female composers. NOTOC A* Mary Anne A beckett (1817–1863) * Keiko Abe (born 1937) * Rosalina Abejo (1922–1991) * Lora… …   Wikipedia

  • United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …   Universalium

  • Matt Dawson — Full name Matthew James Sutherland Dawson Date of birth 31 October 1972 (1972 10 31) (age 39) Place of birth Birkenhead, England Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”