William Fassnidge

William Fassnidge (7 January 1888. – 19 April 1949 ) F.R.E.S. was a British entomologist and language teacher.

Fassnidge's main interest area was Microlepidoptera, most particularly researching varieties of the moth Peronea cristana

Biography Fassnidge was the third son of a carpenter and joiner, Samuel Fassnidge and his wife Annie (née Mary Ann Holloway) of Chesham, Buckinghamshire

On 11 May 1913 Fassnidge married Hilda Caroline Vasey (1884–1967) of Dunston on Tyne. They had one son,

He was educated at St. Mark's College in Chelsea, London.

Fassnidge served as a Lieutenant in the King's Liverpool Regiment during WW1. Fassnidge also spent the Easter Holiday of 1930 in Dieulefit searching for the larvae of Aegeriadae (now Sesiidae).

Before the outbreak of World War 2, Fassnidge and his wife acted as hosts for refugees fleeing Germany, and during the conflict he served in the Home Guard. shooting Fassnidge in a lung and the main artery of his left arm. Fassnidge was initially given two years to live, Hilda Fassnidge sometimes accompanied her husband on study trips in an attempt to prevent him straining himself, but Fassnidge's poor health after his injuries eventually resulted in his death. and correspondence relating to Fassnidge's work.

Selected publications Fassnidge, W. 1923. List of the Macro-lepidoptera, including the Pyrales, Crambi and Pterophorina of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 35 (1-12): 1-16 Fassnidge, W. 1926. A Month's Collecting in the Pyrenees. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation XXVII (new series) (4): 49-52 Fassnidge, W. 1931. Notes on three insects bred from Galls on Juniper. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation XLIII (1): 34-36 Fassnidge, W. 1945. A Dorsetshire Locality for Peronea Cristana Fb. (Lep.) Journal of the Society for British Entomology 2 (7): 240