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Dr. Charles Joseph Gahan was born in January 20, 1862 at Roscrea County Tipperary, Ireland, and died at Aylsham, Norfolk, England, in June 1939. He was educated first at Queens College Galway, where he achieved distinction, and then at the Royal School of Mines in Kensington. In 1882 he was awarded a medal and prizes as the best biological student of the session. In 1886 he entered the Natural History Museum as an assistant in the Department of Zoology where he became Keeper in the then newly formed Department of Entomology in 1913. An expert on Beetles, especially the Longicorn, he wrote the "Fauna of British India" for Coleoptera. Honorary Secretary of the Entomological Society in 1899-1900 and president 1917-1918. Married Annie Woodward in 1887.
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