Edward Westey Janson
1822–91
Natural history dealer. Educated for the medical profession. Assisted his father as a city merchant and later was secretary of the Dutch Rhenish railway. On the death of his father, in 1867, went into business as a bookseller and natural history dealer. Specialised in Coleoptera and Elateridae, of which he amassed a large collection. Curator of the collections of the Entomological Society of London, 1850–63; librarian until 1874; secretary, 1857–61.
Sources
Gilbert 1977
Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London (1891): xlix–l.
Bibliography
Gilbert, Pamela. 1977. A compendium of the biographical literature on deceased entomologists. London: British Museum (Natural History).
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