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'''Edward Meyrick''' [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]]<ref name="frs">{{Cite journal | last1 = Hill | first1 = A. W. | title = Edward Meyrick. 1854-1938 | doi = 10.1098/rsbm.1939.0014 | journal = [[Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society]] | volume = 2 | issue = 7 | pages = 530 | year = 1939 | pmid = | pmc = | url = http://rsbm.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/royobits/2/7/530.full.pdf}}</ref> (24 November 1854, in [[Ramsbury]] – 31 March 1938 at Thornhanger, [[Marlborough, Wiltshire|Marlborough]]<ref>[http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_68/rsnz_68_02_001340.html Edward Meyrick, B.A., F.R.S., 1854–1938.] in ''Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand'', Volume 68, pp. 141-142.</ref>) was an English schoolmaster and amateur [[entomologist]]. He was an expert on [[Microlepidoptera]] and some consider him one of the founders of modern Microlepidoptera [[systematics]].<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Robinson | first1 = G. | title = Edward Meyrick: An unpublished essay on phylogeny | doi = 10.1080/00222938600770261 | journal = Journal of Natural History | volume = 20 | issue = 2 | pages = 359–367 | year = 1986 | pmid = | pmc = }}</ref><ref name="SalmonMarren2000">{{cite book|author1=Michael A. Salmon|author2=Peter Marren|author3=Basil Harley|title=The Aurelian Legacy: British Butterflies and Their Collectors|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cAUTW-ax-SgC&pg=PA191|year=2000|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-22963-1|pages=191–192}}</ref>
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Edward Meyrick was educated at [[Marlborough College]] and [[Trinity College, Cambridge]].<ref>{{acad|id= MRK873E|name=Meyrick, Edward}}</ref> Meyrick began publishing notes on microlepidoptera in 1875, but when in December, 1877 he gained a post at [[The King's School, Parramatta]], [[New South Wales]], there were greater opportunities for indulging his interest. He stayed in Australia for ten years before returning to England to teach [[classics]] at Marlborough College and become a corresponding member of the [[Linnean Society of New South Wales]]. He was the author of ''Handbook of British Lepidoptera'' (1895) and ''Exotic Microlepidoptera'' (Mar. 1912 – Nov. 1937), the latter consisting of four complete volumes and part of volume five. He also wrote a great number of academic articles.
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'''Edward Meyrick''' {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|FRS}}<ref name="frs">{{Cite journal | last1 = Hill | first1 = A. W. | title = Edward Meyrick. 1854–1938 | doi = 10.1098/rsbm.1939.0014 | journal = [[Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society]] | volume = 2 | issue = 7 | pages = 531–548 | year = 1939 | url = http://rsbm.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/royobits/2/7/530.full.pdf}}</ref> (25 November 1854 – 31 March 1938<ref>[http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_68/rsnz_68_02_001340.html Edward Meyrick, B.A., F.R.S., 1854–1938.] in ''Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand'', Volume 68, pp. 141–142.</ref>) was an English schoolmaster and amateur [[entomologist]]. He was an expert on [[microlepidoptera]] and some consider him one of the founders of modern microlepidoptera [[systematics]].<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Robinson | first1 = G. | title = Edward Meyrick: An unpublished essay on phylogeny | doi = 10.1080/00222938600770261 | journal = Journal of Natural History | volume = 20 | issue = 2 | pages = 359–367 | year = 1986| bibcode = 1986JNatH..20..359R }}</ref><ref name="SalmonMarren2000">{{cite book|first1=Michael A. |last1=Salmon |first2=Peter |last2=Marren |first3=Basil |last3=Harley |name-list-style=amp |title=The Aurelian Legacy: British Butterflies and Their Collectors |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cAUTW-ax-SgC&pg=PA191|year=2000|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-22963-1|pages=191–192}}</ref>
Meyrick was a fellow of the [[Royal Entomological Society of London]] and a [[Fellow of the Royal Society]].<ref name="frs"/> His huge collection of specimens (over 100,000) is at the [[Natural History Museum, London|Natural History Museum]], [[London]]. It is believed that he had collected more specimens than anyone else.<ref>Encyclopedia of Australian Sciences. 2005. http://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001914b.htm</ref>


==Publications==
==Life and work==
Edward Meyrick came from a clerical family and was born in [[Ramsbury]] on 25 November 1854 to the Rev. Edward Meyrick, until his marriage earlier that year a Fellow of [[Magdalen College, Oxford]], and his wife Mary Batson of Ramsbury.<ref>{{cite ODNB|id=35009|first=Gaden S. |last=Robinson|title=Meyrick, Edward (1854–1938)}}</ref><ref>{{alox2|title=Meyrick, Rev. Edward}}</ref><ref name="acad">{{acad|id=MRK873E|name=Meyrick, Edward}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Marriages |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002408/18540225/066/0007 |work=Morning Herald (London) |date=25 February 1854|page=7}}</ref> He was educated at [[Marlborough College]] and [[Trinity College, Cambridge]].<ref name="acad"/> He actively pursued his hobby during his schooling, and one colleague stated in 1872 that Meyrick "has not left a lamp, a paling, or a tree unexamined in which a moth could possibly, at any stage of its existence, lie hid."<ref name="frs" /> Meyrick began publishing notes on microlepidopterans in 1875, but when in December, 1877 he gained a post at [[The King's School, Parramatta]], [[New South Wales]], there were greater opportunities for indulging his interest. He stayed in Australia from 1877 until the end of 1886<ref>Clarke, J. F. G. (1955). ''Catalogue of the Type Specimens of Microlepidoptera in the British Museum (Natural History), Described by Edward Meyrick''. Vol. 1. Trustuees of the British Museum, London. 1: 1–354.</ref> working at Sydney Grammar School before returning to [[England]] to teach [[classics]] at [[Marlborough College]] and become a corresponding member of the [[Linnean Society of New South Wales]]. He was the author of the ''Handbook of British Lepidoptera'' (1895) and of ''Exotic Microlepidoptera'' (March 1912 – November 1937), the latter consisting of four complete volumes and part of a fifth. He also wrote a number of short papers.<ref name="frs" />
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Meyrick was a life-long member of the Conservative party, and spent twelve years as president of the East Wilts Unionist Association.<ref name="frs"/>

Meyrick was a fellow of the [[Royal Entomological Society of London]] and a [[fellow of the Royal Society]].<ref name="frs"/> During his lifetime, he may have described more than 20,000 species of Lepidoptera.<ref name="frs"/> His huge collection of specimens (over 100,000) is at the [[Natural History Museum, London|Natural History Museum]], [[London]]. It is believed that he had collected more specimens than anyone else.<ref>{{cite web|last=Centre|first=The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research|title=Meyrick, Edward – Biographical entry – Encyclopedia of Australian Science|url=http://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001914b.htm|website=www.eoas.info}}</ref> He encouraged scientific studies by amateurs and in a 1898 article, "Scientific Work in Local Societies" he pointed out lines of research for members of Natural History Societies. His studies of Australian and New Zealand lepidoptera led him to suggest that the two were not formerly connected. He made use of ideas along the lines of [[Dollo's law of irreversibility|Dollo's laws]] to postulate principles to use to examine the evolution of the lepidoptera. In his ''Handbook of British Lepidoptera'' (1895) he stated that (1) No new organ can be produced except as a modification of some previously existing structure; (2) A lost organ cannot be regained; and (3) A rudimentary organ is rarely re-developed.<ref name="frs" /><ref>{{cite journal|title=Edward Meyrick, F.R.S. |year=1936| journal= Nature| volume= 138| issue=3499| pages= 874|doi=10.1038/138874a0 |s2cid=4096749 |doi-access=free|bibcode=1936Natur.138Q.874. }}</ref>

Edward Meyrick died after a brief illness on 31 March 1938 in [[Marlborough, Wiltshire]], and is buried in the churchyard at [[Ramsbury]], Wiltshire.<ref name="frs"/>

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*[http://www.s2a3.org.za/bio/Biograph_final.php?serial=1914 Biographical Database of South African Science] portrait
*[http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/biogs/P001914b.htm Bright Sparcs, University of Melbourne]
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*[https://archive.org/stream/handbookofbritis00meyr/handbookofbritis00meyr_djvu.txt Archive] pdf of text of ''Handbook of British Lepidoptera''
*[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/9241 Biodiversity Heritage Library] text of ''Exotic Microlepidoptera''
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Edward Meyrick
Born(1854-11-25)25 November 1854
Ramsbury
Died31 March 1938(1938-03-31) (aged 83)
Ramsbury, Wiltshire
CitizenshipBritish
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge
Known forHandbook of British Lepidoptera (1895)
Scientific career
FieldsLepidopterology
Author abbrev. (zoology)Meyrick

Edward Meyrick FRS[1] (25 November 1854 – 31 March 1938[2]) was an English schoolmaster and amateur entomologist. He was an expert on microlepidoptera and some consider him one of the founders of modern microlepidoptera systematics.[3][4]

Life and work

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Edward Meyrick came from a clerical family and was born in Ramsbury on 25 November 1854 to the Rev. Edward Meyrick, until his marriage earlier that year a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, and his wife Mary Batson of Ramsbury.[5][6][7][8] He was educated at Marlborough College and Trinity College, Cambridge.[7] He actively pursued his hobby during his schooling, and one colleague stated in 1872 that Meyrick "has not left a lamp, a paling, or a tree unexamined in which a moth could possibly, at any stage of its existence, lie hid."[1] Meyrick began publishing notes on microlepidopterans in 1875, but when in December, 1877 he gained a post at The King's School, Parramatta, New South Wales, there were greater opportunities for indulging his interest. He stayed in Australia from 1877 until the end of 1886[9] working at Sydney Grammar School before returning to England to teach classics at Marlborough College and become a corresponding member of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. He was the author of the Handbook of British Lepidoptera (1895) and of Exotic Microlepidoptera (March 1912 – November 1937), the latter consisting of four complete volumes and part of a fifth. He also wrote a number of short papers.[1]

Meyrick was a life-long member of the Conservative party, and spent twelve years as president of the East Wilts Unionist Association.[1]

Meyrick was a fellow of the Royal Entomological Society of London and a fellow of the Royal Society.[1] During his lifetime, he may have described more than 20,000 species of Lepidoptera.[1] His huge collection of specimens (over 100,000) is at the Natural History Museum, London. It is believed that he had collected more specimens than anyone else.[10] He encouraged scientific studies by amateurs and in a 1898 article, "Scientific Work in Local Societies" he pointed out lines of research for members of Natural History Societies. His studies of Australian and New Zealand lepidoptera led him to suggest that the two were not formerly connected. He made use of ideas along the lines of Dollo's laws to postulate principles to use to examine the evolution of the lepidoptera. In his Handbook of British Lepidoptera (1895) he stated that (1) No new organ can be produced except as a modification of some previously existing structure; (2) A lost organ cannot be regained; and (3) A rudimentary organ is rarely re-developed.[1][11]

Edward Meyrick died after a brief illness on 31 March 1938 in Marlborough, Wiltshire, and is buried in the churchyard at Ramsbury, Wiltshire.[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Hill, A. W. (1939). "Edward Meyrick. 1854–1938" (PDF). Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 2 (7): 531–548. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1939.0014.
  2. ^ Edward Meyrick, B.A., F.R.S., 1854–1938. in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Volume 68, pp. 141–142.
  3. ^ Robinson, G. (1986). "Edward Meyrick: An unpublished essay on phylogeny". Journal of Natural History. 20 (2): 359–367. Bibcode:1986JNatH..20..359R. doi:10.1080/00222938600770261.
  4. ^ Salmon, Michael A.; Marren, Peter & Harley, Basil (2000). The Aurelian Legacy: British Butterflies and Their Collectors. University of California Press. pp. 191–192. ISBN 978-0-520-22963-1.
  5. ^ Robinson, Gaden S. "Meyrick, Edward (1854–1938)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/35009. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  6. ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Meyrick, Rev. Edward" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  7. ^ a b "Meyrick, Edward (MRK873E)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  8. ^ "Marriages". Morning Herald (London). 25 February 1854. p. 7.
  9. ^ Clarke, J. F. G. (1955). Catalogue of the Type Specimens of Microlepidoptera in the British Museum (Natural History), Described by Edward Meyrick. Vol. 1. Trustuees of the British Museum, London. 1: 1–354.
  10. ^ Centre, The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research. "Meyrick, Edward – Biographical entry – Encyclopedia of Australian Science". www.eoas.info.
  11. ^ "Edward Meyrick, F.R.S." Nature. 138 (3499): 874. 1936. Bibcode:1936Natur.138Q.874.. doi:10.1038/138874a0. S2CID 4096749.
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