Henry Rowland-Brown

Henry Rowland-Brown (19 May 1865, Woodridings, Pinner – 23 May 1922, Harrow Weald, London) was an English entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera.

Rowland-Brown with the Entomological Society in 1904 (standing, 2nd from right)

Henry was the son of barrister Henry Rowland Brown (1837-1921) and Kate or Catherine Tucker Woodgates (d. 1923).[note 1] Henry (jr.) went to study at Rugby in 1879 where he was influenced by the hymenopterist Rev. F.D. Morice, before graduating in 1883 He then went to Oxford receiving a BA in 1887 and an MA in 1891. He took an interest in the lepidoptera and was a regular visitor at the Hope Museum. He then studied law and was called to the bar in 1889. By profession Rowland-Brown was a journalist and author. He wrote "The distribution and variation of Coenonympha tullia in the UK", which was published in Etudes de Lépidoptérologie comparée, Volume 7, Ed by Oberthür, C., 85-193 (1919) (Oberthür was a personal friend), several scientific papers on Colias croceus and the popular work Butterflies and Moths at Home and Abroad. London, 1912. He was a fellow of the Royal Entomological Society and a member of the Garrick and Savage Clubs. He also wrote to various magazines such as the Strand, Cornhill, and the Times sometimes under the pen-name "Oliver Grey" while his sister Lilian Kate Rowland Brown (1863–1959), also a noted novelist wrote as "Rowland Grey." He also wrote some poetry. He was a close friend of W.S. Gilbert.[2][3]