Researching Oliver Janson
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The name Oliver means "an olive" and is of Latin origin.
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Oliver Erichson Janson
Oliver Erichson Janson (1850 – 25 November 1925) was an English entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera.
He was the son of Edward Wesley Janson and took over the family natural history and publishing business.Janson's early years were spent at Fortis Green, and he collected beetles there and at Finchley, Hampstead and Highgate.In 1906 he made an expedition to Iceland adding to the collections of the National Museum of IcelandDuring the First World War he made three trips to Ireland, particularly Co Kerry.Janson was a world authority on Cetoniinae publishing new genera and species mostly in Cistula Entomologica published by Janson and Co.His world collection was purchased by Titus Valck Lucassen. His collection, in turn, was acquired by the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie at Leiden in 1940.
He was a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society from 1869 until his death.
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