Adrian Hardy Haworth

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Adrian Hardy Haworth (1768, Hull, England - August 24, 1833, Chelsea, England) was an English entomologist, botanist and carcinologist.

He was the author of Lepidoptera Britannica (1803-1828), the most authoritative work on British butterflies and moths until Henry Tibbats Stainton's Manual in 1857. He was also a carcinologist, specialising in shrimp. He is responsible for the names of several taxa, including:

and named 22 new genera of moths [1]


The plant genus Haworthia is named after Adrian Hardy Haworth.

In 1812 he wrote the first paper in Volume 1 of the Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, a review of previous work on British insects. In 1833, he lent support to the founding of what became the Royal Entomological Society of London having been President of it's predecessor. He was a Fellow of the Horticultural Society and a Fellow of the Linnean Society.

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  1. ^ Natural History Museum, London

[edit] External Links

  • Google Books Papers by Howarth in Transactions of the Entomological Society of London Volume 1
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