Colin Butler (entomologist)

Colin Gasking Butler OBE FRS (26 October 1913 – 4 January 2016) was a British entomologist who first isolated the pheromone which attracts drones to queen bees.[1] He was Head of Entomology Department, Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, 1972–1976[2]

He died on 4 January 2016 at the age of 102 after a short illness.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Colin Butler, entomologist - obituary". Daily Telegraph. 15 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  2. ↑ ‘BUTLER, Dr Colin Gasking’, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Nov 2012 accessed 21 July 2013
  3. ↑ BUTLER, Dr Colin Gasking, OBE, FRS


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