Gahan, Charles J. (Charles Joseph), 1862-1939
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Gahan, C. J. (Charles Joseph), 1862-1939
Gahan, Charles Joseph, 1862-1939
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Entomologists
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found: A list of the Longicorn Coleoptera collected by Signor Fea in Burma and the adjoining regions, 1894:title page (with descriptions of the new genera and species by Charles J. Gahan, M.A., of the British Museum (Nat. History)
found: Coleoptera. Vol. 1, Cerambycidae, 1906:title page (by C.J. Gahan)
found: Guide to the exhibited series of insects in the Department of Entomology, British Museum (Natural History), 1919:preface to the third edition ([signed] C.J. Gahan, Keeper of Entomology)
found: Furniture beetles, 1920:title page (by Charles J. Gahan, D.Sc., Keeper of the Department of Entomology)
found: Natural History Museum Archives web site, viewed 22 July 2016(authorized form of name: Gahan, Charles Joseph (1862-1939), Keeper of Entomology, NHM; Museum staff: appointed 2nd class assistant in Department of Zoology 1886; Keeper of Entomology 1913; retired 1927; coleopterist, Tring correspondent)
found: Wikipedia, viewed 22 July 2016:Charles Joseph Gahan (Charles Joseph Gahan, 20 January 1862-21 January 1939; an expert on beetles, especially Cerambycidae; born at Roscrea, County Tipperary, Ireland; educated at Queens College Galway, where he achieved distinction, and then at the Royal School of Mines in Kensington; in 1886, joined the British Museum (Natural History) as an assistant in the Department of Zoology, becoming Keeper in the new Department of Entomology in 1913; Honorary Secretary of the Entomological Society of London, 1899-1900, and president, 1917-1918; in 1920, retired and lived at Mouth Aylsham in Norfolk; died at Aylsham)
notfound: Oxford DNB database, 22 July 2016
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2016-07-27: new
2016-07-28: revised
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