Louis Beethoven Prout, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Louis Beethoven Prout

English entomologist and musicologist

Date of Birth: 14-Sep-1864

Place of Birth: London

Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001

Profession: lepidopterist, musicologist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Louis Beethoven Prout (1864–1943) was an English entomologist and musicologist. Prout specialised in the insect order of Lepidoptera, especially the Geometridae, or geometer moths, on which he was a foremost authority.
His notebooks and publications formed the basis of the Geometridae card indexes in the Natural History Museum, the then British Museum (Natural History).
He was the secretary of the North London Natural History Society and worked in association with the Natural History Museum at Tring.He is not to be confused with his sister Alice Ellen Prout who was a fellow of the Entomological Society of London.
Prout was the son of composer Ebenezer Prout and a noted musicologist.