The volume has a list of species of beetles (Coleoptera) collected by Sharp.
Catalogue of Beetles Collected by David Sharp
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- ReferenceGB 433 Sharp
- Dates of Creation1871
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialEnglish.
- Physical Description1 volume
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Administrative / Biographical History
David Sharp (1840-1922) studied medicine at St. Bartholomew's Hospital in London and in Edinburgh, completing his first degree in 1866. During his student years he was actively collecting beetles in the British isles. He worked as a medical officer in the Crichton Institution in Dumfries from 1867 and cared for a private patient in Thornhill until 1883. He moved to Cambridge in 1883, where from 1890 to 1909 he was Curator of Insects in the University Museum of Zoology. He wrote many important papers on beetles and insects.
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Acquisition Information
The volume was donated to the museum in December 1922 by Fred Muir, who was married to Sharp's daughter Anne.
Note
Description compiled by Kees Rookmaaker, Archives Hub project archivist. A biography of David Sharp appeared in the Proceedings of the Royal Society, series B, vol. 95 (1924), pp. xxxvi-xliii.
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