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1880-1949. Entomologist and university teacher, author of Insect Natural History (1947). Cambridge graduate, cutting his teeth on systematics of midge larvae before leaving for India to teach. Returned to become reader in agricultural entomology, Manchester 1913-18; chief entomologist at Rothamsted 1918-31 and reader in entomology at Cambridge 1931-45. FRS 1929, Fellow of Downing College (1940). The authority on insect morphology and systematics, won lasting influence as author of the standard General Textbook of Entomology (1925). Lifelong asthmatic, whose somewhat dour, reserved manner was eventually 'warmed by the genial college atmosphere'. In all four phases of his career he was obliged to design new laboratories from scratch.
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INSECT NATURAL HISTORY. By A.D. Imms. New Naturalist No. 8.
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Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 2008). (1947) ND (2008) facsimile reprint. 8vo (150 x 222mm). Ppxviii,317. Colour and b/w photograph plates, b/w line line illustrations, maps, detailed bibliography. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Fine new copy in dust-wrapper. This is a detailed examination of insect life and the characteristics of its main families and species. Includes much material relevant to pest control. Chapters include: Insect structure and transformations; How insects are classified and named; On wings and flight; The senses and other attributes; Concerning feeding habits; Concerning feeding habits (continued); Insects and biological control; On galls; On ways and means of protection; The phenomena of reproduction; Aquatic insect life; Gregariousness and social life; Social life (continued). In 2008 Collins produced facsimile editions of the first ten volumes of the New Naturalist series. All are undated and identical in every respect to the first editions. This is one of those copies. PREVIOUS PRICE GBP 75.00. Seller Inventory # 38424
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