William Herbert St Quintin DL JP FZS (c. 1851-1933) was a British naturalist.[1][2]
William Herbert St Quintin | |
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| Born | c. 1851 |
| Died | 21 January 1933 |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
| Occupation | Naturalist |
Biography
editSt Quintin was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford. He was a Justice of the peace from 1875 until his death, and served as the High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1899 and Deputy Lieutenant of the East Riding.[1]
St Quintin was a keen ornithologist, keeping a private collection of birds including Great bustards, a secretary bird, and a tūī. He was a founding member of the Avicultural Society in 1895, president of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union in 1909, a member of the British Ornithologists' Union from 1883 to 1922 and also served on the council of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds from 1908–1919.[1] St. Qunitin was the President of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society from 1914 until his death in 1933, and also served as the Honorary Curator of Zoology.[2]
Personal life
editIn 1885 he married Violet Helen Duncombe and they had one daughter, Margery Violet St Quintin.[1]
Select publications
edit- St Quintin, W.H., 1905. "The breeding of Pterocles exustus". Avicultural Magazine (New Series) 3, pp. 64–66.
- St Quintin, W.H., 1907. "Leaf-insects in captivity". The Entomologist 40, pp. 73–75.
- St Quintin, W.H., 1908. "Notes on the life history of the leaf insects". Naturalist, 618, pp. 235–238.
- St Quintin, W.H., 1910. "Ants and Lycaenid Larvae", Entomologists' Record 22, pp. 72–73.
See also
edit- Scampston Hall, the estate owned by the St Quintin family
- St Quintin baronets
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Papers of the St Quintin family of Harpham and Scampston". JISC Archives Hub. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
- ^ a b "Report of the Council of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society, 12th February 1934". Annual Report of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society for the Year 1933. 1934. pp. 7–20.