Record #:

6569

Author(s):

Cooper, John E.

Abstract:

H. H. and C. S. Brimley, immigrant English boys, came to Raleigh in 1880. Herbert became an outstanding taxidermist and worked for the Museum of Natural Science for sixty years, fifty-one as curator and director. Clement was an entomologist for the Agriculture Department and published the first catalog of insects in the South, The List of Insects of North Carolina. The Brimleys were the state's most influential naturalists, whose work left a lasting mark on the state

Source:

Brimleyana (NoCar QL 155 B75), Vol. Issue 1, Mar 1979, p1-14, por, bibl

Subject(s):

Naturalists; Brimley, Herbert Hutchinson (H.H.), 1861-1946; Brimley, Clement Samuel (C.S.), 1863-1946