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Leech, John Henry.
Adm. pens.
at JESUS, Oct. 1, 1880, but withdrew.
Adm. at Trinity Hall, 1881.
[Eldest s. of John, of Gorse Hall, Dukinfield, Cheshire.
B. Dec. 5, 1862.] School, Eton.
Matric. Michs. 1881; B.A. 1885.
F.R.G.S., F.L.S. and F.Z.S. While at Cambridge lost his left hand by the bursting of a gun.
Made an important collection of palaearctic butterflies, which he presented to the British Museum.
Is said to have described 1000 new species of Lepidoptera in Eastern Asia.
Proprietor of The Entomologist, 1889-92.
Author, British Pyralides, including the Pterophoridae; Butterflies from China, Japan and Corea. Of Kippure Park, Wicklow, and of Hurdcott House, Wilts.
Died Dec. 29, 1900.
Buried at Baverstock, Wilts.
(Eton Sch. Lists; L.G. of Ireland; F. Brittain; E. B. Leech.)
John Henry LEECH
Approx. lifespan: 1862–1900
pens. Jesus College adm1880:10:01, but withdrew.
Adm. at Trinity Hall 1881
Eldest s. of John LEECH, of Gorse Hall, Gorse, Dukinfield, Cheshire ,
b. 1862:12:05
Sch: Eton
Matric 1881:10MT:
BA 1885
F.R.G.S., F.L.S. and F.Z.S.
While CB, ???, lost his left hand by the bursting of a gun.
Made an important collection of palaearctic butterflies, which he presented to British Museum
Is said to have described 1000 new species of Lepidoptera in Eastern Asia.
Proprietor of The Entomologist 1889-92.
Publ.: British Pyralides, including the Pterophoridae; Butterflies from China, Japan and Corea
Of Kippure Park, Kippure, Wicklow, [Co. Wicklow], , and of Hurdcott House, Hurdcott, Wiltshire ,
d.
bur. Baverstock, Wiltshire , 1900:12:29
( Eton School Lists; L.G. of Ireland ; F. Brittain; E. b. Leech.)

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