Pamela Gilbert

Pamela Gilbert (14 December 1932 — 8 December 2015) was an English entomological librarian and writer. She is known for her work A Compendium of the Biographical Literature on Deceased Entomologists and for editing bibliographies of lepidoptera publications covering the Palaearctic.

Early life

Pamela Gilbert was born on 14 December 1932 to Ellen Isabella (née Clark) and Albert Edward Gilbert at Queen Charlotte's Maternity Hospital, London. Her mother worked as a cook/ housekeeper and her father drove a taxi. Together, these amount to 792 pages, citing around 10,000 references. Eleanor Glanville and William Elford Leach.

She was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1992 Birthday Honours.

Death

Gilbert died, aged 82, on 8 December 2015 at Redhill, Surrey.

Selected works