Geoffrey Douglas Hale Carpenter, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Geoffrey Douglas Hale Carpenter

British entomologist

Date of Birth: 26-Oct-1882

Place of Birth: Eton College, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 30-Jan-1953

Profession: physician, entomologist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

G.D.
Hale Carpenter MBE (26 October 1882 in Eton, Berkshire – 30 January 1953 in Oxford) was a British entomologist and medical doctor.
He worked first at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and in Uganda, on tse-tse flies and sleeping sickness.
His main work in zoology was on mimicry in butterflies, an interest he developed in Uganda and Tanganyika. He succeeded E.B.
Poulton as Hope Professor of Zoology at Oxford University from 1933–1948.