John Frederick Perkins
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John Frederick Perkins was an English
entomologist.
He was the son of Zoë Lucy Sherrard Alatau and Robert Cyril Layton Perkins
, also a hymenopterist.He was first educated at Newton College and graduated with a First class Honours degree from the Imperial College of Science in 1932.In 1933 he was appointed an Assistant keeper in the Department of Entomology British Museum (Natural History)
where he specialised in Hymenoptera.
He was a Fellow
of the Royal Entomological Society
England
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entomologist.
He was the son of Zoë Lucy Sherrard Alatau and Robert Cyril Layton Perkins
Robert Cyril Layton Perkins
Robert Cyril Layton Perkins FRS was a distinguished British entomologist, ornithologist, and naturalist noted for his work on the fauna of the islands of Hawaii and on Hymenoptera...
, also a hymenopterist.He was first educated at Newton College and graduated with a First class Honours degree from the Imperial College of Science in 1932.In 1933 he was appointed an Assistant keeper in the Department of Entomology British Museum (Natural History)
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...
where he specialised in Hymenoptera.
He was a Fellow
Fellow
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of the Royal Entomological Society
Works
Partial list- 1959 Ichneumonidae, key to subfamilies and Ichneumoninae 1. Handbk Ident. Br. Insects 7 (Part 2ai), 1–116.Royal Entomological Society
- 1960 Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea: Ichneumonidae, subfamilies Ichneumoninae 2, Alomyinae, Agriotypinae and Lycorininae. Handbk Ident. Br. Insects 7 (Part 2aii), 1–96.Royal Entomological Society
- 1962 Perkins, J.F. 1962. On the type species of rnold Förster|Förster's genera (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). 11:385-483.
- 1976. Hymenoptera Bethyloidea. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects 6 (3a) 1-38 Royal Entomological Society