John Heath (entomologist)

John Heath (January 18, 1922 – 1987) FRES was a British entomologist, specialising in Lepidoptera.

Born in Worcester, John Heath attended King Edward VI School, Southampton. Following service in the army during the war, Heath was employed by the Biological Research Departement of Pest Control, near Cambridge from 1947-1952. In 1953 Heath joined the Nature Conservancy and was based at the Merlewood Research Station in Cumbria. In 1967 Heath moved to Monkswood Experimental Research Station where he worked until his retirement in 1982. a founder member and vice-president of the Society of European Lepidopterology, Heath was particularly interested in the Microopterigidae and bequethed his specimen collection of Microopterigidae to the Natural History Museum, London. John Heath was chief editor of the Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland series, published by Harley Books.

He was head of the Biological Records Centre at Monk's Wood, Huntingdon.

He was the editor of The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland.

References

*Anonym 1987 [Heath, J.] "SEL News" 14 2.
*Anonym 1987 [Heath, J.] "Amat. Ent. Soc. Bull". 46 15
*Anonym 1987 [Heath, J.] Todesanzeige " Nota lepid". 10(3) 137
*Anonym 1988 [Heath, J.] "Brit. J. Ent. Nat. Hist". 1(3) 113-116
*Anonym 1988 [Heath, J.] Autobibliography "Nota lepid". 11(2) 117-122
*Christensen, G. 1988 [Heath, J.] "News Lep. Soc". , Lawrence (1) : 8
*Emmet, A. M. 1987: [Heath, J.] "Antenna" 11(4) 127-129, Portrait
*Goater, B. 1988: [Heath, J.] "Nota lepid." 10(4) 200-202
*Masó, A. 1988 "Treb. Soc. Cat. lep." 9 3-5
*Salmon, M. A. 2000 "The Aurelian Legacy. British Butterflies and their Col"lectors. Martins, Great Horkesley : Harley Books : 1-432 233-234, Portrait
*Sokoloff, P. 1987 [Heath, J.] "Ent. Rec. J. Var." 99(7/8) 185
*Svensson, I. 1998 [Heath, J.] "Ent. Tidskr". 119(3/4) 163-190, Portrait
*Vives Moreno, A. 1987 [Heath, J.] "Shilap Rev. Lepid". 15
* [http://tring.zoological.museum/research-curation/collections-library/collections-management/collections-navigator/transform.jsp?rec=/ead-recs/nhm/uls-a352579.xml John Heath's Biography]