About Richard Henry Meade
Lived 1814 – 1899 (aged 84–85). Richard Henry Meade was a British entomologist, arachnologist and surgeon.
Richard Henry Meade (1814 – 23 December 1899 in Bradford, England) was an English surgeon, and justice of the peace, but is more noted as an entomologist who specialised in Diptera, most notably the family Muscidae, and in spiders.
Selected works
Meade, R. H., (1878) Notes on the Anthomyiidae of North America. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, XIV 250-252 Meade, R.H. (1882) Annotated List of British Anthomyiidae. Entomologists’ Monthly Magazine, Vol.xviii, 201-205. Meade, R.H. (1887) "Supplement to annotated list of British Anthomyiidae.Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 23: 179-181, 250-253, 24: 54-58, 73-76. Meade R.H. (1891) Additions to the list of British Anthomyiidae. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. 1891:27(2):42–43.
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Who was Richard Henry Meade?
British entomologist (1814–1899)
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Richard Henry Meade was born in 1814.
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Richard Henry Meade died on 23 December 1899.
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Richard Henry Meade was an entomologist, arachnologist and surgeon.
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Richard Henry Meade was British.
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