Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren (1886 in Melbourne – 24 July 1976) was a zoologist and entomologist. Van Someren was born in Australia. He attended George Watson's College and studied zoology at University of Edinburgh.[citation needed] He was also a dentist.[1] Van Someren moved to Kenya in 1912[1] and lived in Nairobi. He was in the East Africa and Uganda Natural History Society and became Honorary Secretary.[citation needed] In 1930 he became Curator of the Coryndon Museum.[citation needed] Van Someren named a number of bird and butterfly species.[citation needed]
Species named after him include the fish Labeobarbus somereni.[citation needed]
Works
- Bird Life in Uganda
- Notes on Birds of Uganda and East Africa
- with Thomas Herbert Elliot Jackson, 1952 The Charaxes etheocles-ethalion complex: a tentative reclassification of the group (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 103:257–284.
- with Jackson, T.H.E., 1957 The Charaxes etheocles-ethalion complex (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Supplement No. 1. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 23:41–58.
- Revisional Notes on the African Charaxes. Pts 1–10 (1963–1975) 652 pages 148 plates.
- 1963 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part I. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 195–242.[2]
- 1964 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part II. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 181–235. [3]
- 1966 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part III. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 45–101.[4]
- 1967 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part IV. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 277–316. [5]
- 1969 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part V. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 75–166. [6]
- 1970 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part VI. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 197–250. [7]
- 1971 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part VII. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 181–226.[8]
- 1972 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part VIII. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 215–264. [9]
- 1974 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part IX. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Entomology) 29 (8):415–487. [10]
- 1975 Revisional notes on African Charaxes, Palla and Euxanthe (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part X. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Entomology) 32 (3):65–136.[11]
References
- ^ a b Crozier, Anna (January 2005). The Colonial Medical Officer and colonial identity: Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania before World War Two (PDF) (Doctor of Philosophy thesis). University College London. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ^ van Someren, V. G. L. (1963). "Revisional Notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera Nymphalidae) Part I". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. v.13 (1962-1963). London.
- ^ van Someren, V. G. L. (1963). "Revisional Notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera Nymphalidae) Part II". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. v.15 (1963-1965). London.
- ^ van Someren, V. G. L. (1966). "Revisional Notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera Nymphalidae) Part III". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. v.18 (1966-1967). London.
- ^ van Someren, V. G. L. (1966). "Revisional Notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera Nymphalidae) Part IV". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. v.18 (1966-1967). London.
- ^ van Someren, V. G. L. (1969). "Revisional Notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera Nymphalidae) Part V". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. v.23 (1969). London.
- ^ van Someren, V. G. L. (1970). "Revisional Notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera Nymphalidae) Part VI". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. v.25 (1970-1971). London.
- ^ van Someren, V. G. L. (1971). "Revisional Notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera Nymphalidae) Part VII". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. v.26 (1971-1972). London.
- ^ van Someren, V. G. L. (1973). "Revisional Notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera Nymphalidae) Part VIII". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. v.27 (1973). London.
- ^ van Someren, V. G. L. (1975). "Revisional Notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera Nymphalidae) Part IX". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. v.29 (1975). London.
- ^ van Someren, V. G. L. (1976). "Revisional Notes on African Charaxes, Palla and Euxanthe (Lepidoptera Nymphalidae) Part X". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. v.32 (1976). London.
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