Augustus Daniel Imms

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Augustus Daniel Imms (24 August 1880 , Moseley / Worcestershire- 03 April 1949 Tipton St. John near Sidmouth / Devon) was an English educator, research institution administrator and entomologist.

Imms was a professor of entomology at the University of Allahabad and a Reader in Cambridge University.

He is best known for

  • A general textbook of entomology: Including the anatomy, physiology, development and classification of insects.(1901 - )
  • Recent advances in entomology. London Churchill 1931
  • Insect Natural History. New Naturalist, Collins, London (1971).

He was a Fellow of the Royal Society and the Royal Entomological Society.

In 1947 he was elected a Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Photograph of Imms