Charles Joseph Gahan
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Charles Joseph Gahan was born on 20 January 1862 at Roscrea County Tipperary
, Ireland. His father, Michael Gahan was the Master of Erasmus Smith's School in Tipperary. 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 joined 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 The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma on Coleoptera. Honorary Secretary of the Entomological Society in 1899-1900 and president 1917-1918. Married Annie Woodward in 1887. He retired in 1920 and lived at Mouth Aylsham in Norfolk and died at Aylsham
on 21 January 1939.
Tipperary
Tipperary is a town and a civil parish in South Tipperary in Ireland. Its population was 4,415 at the 2006 census. It is also an ecclesiastical parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly, and is in the historical barony of Clanwilliam....
, Ireland. His father, Michael Gahan was the Master of Erasmus Smith's School in Tipperary. He was educated first at Queens College Galway, where he achieved distinction, and then at the Royal School of Mines
Royal School of Mines
Royal School of Mines comprises the departments of Earth Science and Engineering, and Materials at Imperial College London.- History :The Royal School of Mines was established in 1851, as the Government School of Mines and Science Applied to the Arts...
in Kensington. In 1882 he was awarded a medal and prizes as the best biological student of the session. In 1886 he joined the Natural History Museum
Natural History Museum
The Natural History Museum is one of three large museums on Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London, England . Its main frontage is on Cromwell Road...
as an assistant in the Department of Zoology where he became Keeper in the then newly formed Department of Entomology
Entomology
Entomology is the scientific study of insects, a branch of arthropodology...
in 1913. An expert on Beetles, especially the Longicorn, he wrote the The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma on Coleoptera. Honorary Secretary of the Entomological Society in 1899-1900 and president 1917-1918. Married Annie Woodward in 1887. He retired in 1920 and lived at Mouth Aylsham in Norfolk and died at Aylsham
Aylsham
Aylsham is a historic market town and civil parish on the River Bure in north Norfolk, England, about north of Norwich. The river rises near Melton Constable, upstream from Aylsham and continues to Great Yarmouth and the North Sea, although it was only made navigable after 1779, allowing grain,...
on 21 January 1939.