Horace Donisthorpe, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Horace Donisthorpe

British myrmecologist & coleopterist

Date of Birth: 17-Mar-1870

Place of Birth: Leicester, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 22-Apr-1951

Profession: entomologist, myrmecologist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Horace St.
John Kelly Donisthorpe (17 March 1870 – 22 April 1951) was an eccentric British myrmecologist and coleopterist, memorable in part for his enthusiastic championing of the renaming of the genus Lasius after him as Donisthorpea, and for his many claims of discovering new species of beetles and ants. He is often considered to be the greatest figure in British myrmecology.