Richard Siddoway Bagnall Explained

Richard Siddoway Bagnall (14 July 1884 - 19 January 1962) was an English entomologist. Bagnall specialised in Thysanoptera and published several important works on the higher classification of this insect order throughout the world, describing many new genera and species.

Early life and education

Richard Siddoway Bagnall was born in Winlaton, England (near Whickham) on 14 July 1884 to father Thomas W. Bagnall (1862-ca.1907) and mother Emily Florence Lane (ca. 1862-1932).^[1] He had meningitis and rheumatic fever as a child, and although his two brothers went to boarding school in their teenage years, Bagnall was sheltered by his family and educated privately at home. He showed a keen interest in entomology during his childhood, being active in the Vale of Derwent Naturalist Field Club and publishing his first paper in 1906 on an unusual beetle that he collected from his cellar.^[2]

Entomological Research

Bagnall described 577 species and 100 genera within the insect order Thysanoptera in over 120 publications. ^[3]

Awards

In 1904, Bagnall was elected a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society of London and in 1909 he was elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London.

References

• Schliephake, G. & Strassen, R. (2005). Biographical Data on Thysanopterologists of the 20th century. Thysanoptera, Dehli (1) : 21-25

External links

• Natural History Museum Archive

Notes and References

1. Berridge . Louise . 2023-07-12 . Richard Siddoway Bagnall (1884-1962), Entomologist . Biodiversity Data Journal . 11 . 10.3897/BDJ.11.E106860. free .
2. Bagnall . Richard Siddoway . 1906-01-01 . Cryptomorpha desjardinsi, Guer. a probable cosmopolitan beetle in Britain . The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation . English . XVIII . 11 . 275–276.
3. Mound . Laurence Alfred . 1968-01-01 . A review of R. S. Bagnall's Thysanoptera collections . Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology. Supplement . 11 . 1–181 . 10.5962/P.78614.