- Thomas Marsham
Thomas Marsham (died 1819) was an English
entomologist , specializing on beetles.Biography
He married a Miss Symes of
Ufford ,Northants , and had two daughters. He was Secretary to theWest India Dock Company for many years and during theNapoleonic Wars became an officer in the volunteer corps of theHome Guard in 1802.He was a founder member of theLinnean Society and its Secretary from 1788-98 and Treasurer from 1798-1816. He was a friend ofJames Francis Stephens , William Kirby andAlexander Macleay .Works
*Observations on the "Phalaena lubricipeda" of Linneaus and some other moths allied to it' "Transactions of the Linnean Society", 1, 1791, pp. 67-75.
*System of Entomology, "Hall's Royal Encyclopaedia " (1788), reprinted 1796.
*"Entomologia Britannica, sistens Insecta Britanniae indigena secundum Linneum deposita. Coleoptera"., 1802. A collaborative work listing 1,307 species. Further voloumes on other orders were intended but never published-a common fate of early works. It is Marsham’smagnum opus .
*'Observations on the "Curculio trifolii" "Transactions of the Linnean Society" 6, 1806, pp. 142-146. (With Markwick and Lehmann);
* Some observations on an insect that destroys the wheat, supposed to be a wireworm "Transactions of the Linnean Society", 9, 1808, pp. 160-161.
* Description of "Notoclea", a new genus of Coleopterous insects from New Holland "Transactions of the Linnean Society", 9, 1808, pp. 283-295.
* Some account of an insect of the genus "Buprestis", taken alive out of wood composing a desk, which had been made above twenty years; in a letter to Mr Macleay' "Transactions of the Linnean Society", 10, 1811, pp. 399-403.Collection
Marsham's collection, purchased by
James Francis Stephens , is in theNatural History Museum along with some manuscripts.
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