George Hamilton Kenrick

Sir George Hamilton Kenrick (1850 – 28 May 1939) was an English entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera especially those of New Guinea, and a councillor in Birmingham.

His collection of world butterflies and moths is in Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, except the types which are in the Natural History Museum, London.

In 1908, he served as Lord Mayor of Birmingham.

Publications

• (1907) A list of moths of the family Pyralidae collected by A.E. Pratt in British New Guinea in 1902-3, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1907: 68-87
• (1909) Descriptions of some new species of the genus Delias from North New Guinea, recently collected by Mr. C. E. Pratt. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (series 8) 4: 176-183, pis 6, 7.
• (1911) Some undescribed Butterflies from Dutch New Guinea Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1911 (1): 16-20, pl. 3-4 .
• (1912) A List of Moths of the Family Pyralidae collected by Felix B.Pratt and Charles B. Pratt in Dutch New Guinea in 1909-1910; with Descriptions of new Species. - Proc. of the Zoological Soc. of London 1912 (2): 546-555, pl.68
• (1914a) New or little known Heterocera from Madagascar. - Transactions of the entomological Society of London 1913(4):587–602, pls. 31–32.
• (1917) New or little-known Heterocera from Madagascar. - Transactions of the entomological Society of London 1917:85–101, pls. 1–6.

Source

• Anonym 1939: [Kenrick, G. H.] Entomologist's Record & Journal of Variation 51 116