Andrew Matthews (entomologist)

Andrew Matthews, M.A. (18 June 1815 – 14 September 1897) was a British clergyman and an entomologist who specialised in beetles (Coleoptera).

The Reverend

Andrew Matthews
Born(1815-06-18)18 June 1815
Died14 September 1897(1897-09-14) (aged 82)
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Clergyman and entomologist

In an obituary in The Zoologist the reverend Matthews is called a "well-known British naturalist." He was more widely known as an entomologist than an ornithologist. He was also a successful floriculturist.[1]

Little is known of him. According to the frontispiece of his 1878 book Trichopterygia illustrata he was styled "The Reverend", and held an M.A. degree from Oxford University.

When he died, aged eighty-two, he had been a rector at Gumley, Leicestershire for forty-four years.[1]

He studied some of the tiniest beetles, which are the most difficult to identify. He described several species, notably in the genus Nicrophorus, and is the binomial authority for at least three. His collection passed to Philip Brookes Mason, of Burton-on-Trent, who edited some of Matthews' papers for posthumous publication.[2]

His chief entomological interests were in the families Trichopterygia, Corylophidae and Sphaeriidae.

Species described

Publications
  • The Rev. A. Matthews, M.A. Oxon (January 1878). Trichopterygia illustrata et descripta: A Monograph of the Trichopterygia. London: E. W. Janson. Retrieved 2 June 2016 – via archive.org.
  • Sharp, David; Matthews, Andrew; Lewis, George (1887–1905). Bates, Henry Walter (ed.). Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Coleoptera. Vol. II, Part 1. London: Bernard Quaritch Ltd.
  • The Rev. A. Matthews, M.A. (1899). Mason, Philip B. (ed.). A Monograph of the Coleopterous Families Corylophidae and Sphaeriidae. London: O. E. Janson & Son. Retrieved 2 June 2016 – via archive.org.
  • The Rev. A. Matthews, M.A. (1900). Mason, Philip B. (ed.). Trichopterygia illustrata et descripta: A Monograph of the Trichopterygia – Supplement. London: O. E. Janson & Son. Retrieved 2 June 2016 – via archive.org.

References
  1. Distant (1897).
  2. "Matthews, Andrew (18 June 1815 – 14 September 1897)". Bolton Museum. Archived from the original on 17 June 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.

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