coleopterist

Even in the calm region of entomology, where, if anywhere in this sinful world, passion and prejudice should fail to stir the mind, one learned coleopterist will fill ten attractive volumes with descriptions of species of beetles, nine-tenths of which are immediately declared by his brother beetle-mongers to be no species at all.

Essays 2007

[86] G. Crotch was a well-known coleopterist and official in the

Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1 James Marchant

[86] G. Crotch was a well-known coleopterist and official in the University Library at Cambridge.

Alfred Russel Wallace Letters and Reminiscences Marchant, James 1916

John inherited his father's versatility, but like his father, and in much greater degree, specialized on coleopters, and became, as is well known, the most distinguished coleopterist in the country.

Documenting the American South: The Southern Experience in 19-th Century America 1903

The paleographer and the coleopterist claim a share of our admiration equally with the serpentine dancer and the record-breaking cyclist, and the judicious editor prints their "interviews" at equal length.

Without Prejudice Israel Zangwill 1895

Must be an entomologist -- coleopterist preferred.

Tales of Terror and Mystery Arthur Conan Doyle 1894

But a brother coleopterist like yourself is always a welcome guest, and

Tales of Terror and Mystery Arthur Conan Doyle 1894

Even in the calm region of entomology, where, if anywhere in this sinful world, passion and prejudice should fail to stir the mind, one learned coleopterist will fill ten attractive volumes with descriptions of species of beetles, nine-tenths of which are immediately declared by his brother beetle-mongers to be no species at all.

Lectures and Essays Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

Even in the calm region of entomology, where, if anywhere in this sinful world, passion and prejudice should fail to stir the mind, one learned coleopterist will fill ten attractive volumes with descriptions of species of beetles, nine-tenths of which are immediately declared by his brother beetle-mongers to be no species at all.

Darwiniana : Essays — Volume 02 Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

Lepidoptera; as if a coleopterist -- a scarabeeist -- cared for such things.

The Poet at the Breakfast-Table Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851