Emily Mary Bowdler Sharpe
Born11 December 1868
Camden Town, London
Diedc. 1928
NationalityBritish
OccupationEntomologist
Known forStudies of butterflies
Parents
  • Richard Bowdler Sharpe (father)
  • Emily Eliza Burrows (mother)

Emily Mary Bowdler Sharpe, born on 11 December 1868, was an English entomologist, colourist and illustrator

Emily Mary Bowdler Sharpe was the eldest of ten daughters[1] of Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1847–1909) and Emily Eliza Sharpe (née Burrows; 1842–1928).[1] She had 11 sisters and one brother[2] who died in infancy.

She learned her craft from her father and initially she worked as a colourist on her father's books[2] before dedicating herself to the study of butterflies. She worked throughout her life on butterflies,[1] and described many new species.

Selected works

  • Descriptions of new Species of East-African Butterflies Annals and Magazine of Natural History(6) 5 (28) : 335-336 (1890)
  • Descriptions of some new Species of Lepidoptera collected by Mr. Herbert Ward at Bangala, on the Congo Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 7 (37) : 130-135 (1891)
  • Descriptions of New Butterflies collected by Mr. F. J. Jackson, F.Z.S:, in British East Africa, during his recent Expedition. - Part I & II Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1891 : 187–194, pl. 16-17 633–638, pl. 48. (1891, 1892)
  • Further Descriptions of Butterflies and Moths collected by Mr. F. J. Jackson in Eastern Africa Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (6) 5 (30) : 440-443 (1890)
  • A List of the Lepidopterous Insects collected on the Red Sea, in the neighbourhood of Suakim. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1897(3):775-777 (1897)
  • On a collection of lepidopterous insects from San Domingo. With field notes by the collector, Dr. Cuthbert Christy - 1898(3): 362-369 (1898)
  • A List of the Lepidopterous Insects collected by Mrs. Lort Phillips in Somaliland. Proceedings of the zoological Society of London 1898(3):369-372(1898)
  • A list of Lepidoptera collected by Dr. Cuthbert Christy in Nigeria Entomologist 35 : 65–68, 101-107 (1902)
  • On new species of Butterflies from Equatorial Africa Entomologist 37 : 131-134 (1904)
  • Descriptions of new Lepidoptera from Equatorial Africa Entomologist 37 : 181-183 (1904)
  • Description of two new species belonging to the family Nymphalidae Entomologist 40 : 155-156 (1907)
  • A monograph of the genus Teracolus London, L. Reeve & Co.(1914)

References

  1. 1 2 3 Jackson, Christine E. (October 1994). "Richard Bowdler Sharpe and his ten daughters". Archives of Natural History. 21 (3): 261–269. doi:10.3366/ANH.1994.21.3.261.
  2. 1 2 "DSI - datatabase of scientific illustrators 1450-1950". dsi.hi.uni-stuttgart.de. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
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