Dru Drury 665039 210745153 2008-05-07T05:41:12Z Rotational 5327376 Portrait on left - seeMoS/Right-facing images : Images to "thumb" [[Image:Drury Dru 1725-1803.png|thumb|left|Dru Drury.]] '''Dru Drury''' ([[February 4]], [[1725]] – [[January 15]], [[1804]]) was a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[entomologist]], one of the foremost of his time. He was born in [[Wood Lane]], [[London]]. His father was a [[silversmith]], and Dru took over the business in [[1748]]. He retired as a silversmith in [[1789]] to devote his time entirely to entomology. Drury had a keen interest in entomology already, and was the president of the [[Society of Entomologists of London]] from [[1780]] to [[1782]]. He died in [[Turnham Green]] and was buried at [[St. Martin-in-the-Fields]]. From [[1770]] to [[1787]], he published the three-volume ''Illustrations of Natural History, wherein are exhibited upwards of 240 figures of Exotic Insects'', which was later revised and republished under the title ''Illustrations of Exotic Entomology'' in [[1837]]. Drury was also a prolific collector—his collection comprised over 11,000 specimens. [[Image:DruryIlusi.jpeg|thumb|Illustrations of Exotic Entomology]] ==External links== *[http://www.nhm.org/research/libraries/Exotic_Entomology/index.html Illustrations of exotic entomology- online pictures] ==Sources== *Gilbert, P. 2000: Butterfly Collectors and Painters. ''Four centuries of colour plates from The Library Collections of The Natural History Museum, London''. Singapore, Beaumont Publishing Pte Ltd : X+166 S. 27-28, Portr., 88-89, 140-141, 148-149: Lep.Tafel *Griffin, F. J. 1940: Proc. R. Ent. Soc. London'' (A) 15 49-68 *Haworth, A. H. 1807 ''Trans. Ent. Soc. London'' 1 33-34 *Heppner, J. B. 1982 ''J. Lepidopt. Soc''. 36(2) 87-111 (Sep. Heppner) *Jardine, W. (B.) 1842 ''Nat. Library'' 13 17-71, Portr. *Leach, W. E. 1815 ''Brewster, Edinburgh Encyclopaedia'' 9 66 *Noblett, B. 1985 ''Bull. Amat. Ent. Soc.'' 44(349) 170-178, Portr. *Osborn, H. 1952: ''A Brief History of Entomology Including Time of Demosthenes and Aristotle to Modern Times with over Five Hundred Portraits'' Columbus, Ohio, The Spahr & Glenn Company : 1-303. *Salmon, M. A. 2000 ''The Aurelian Legacy''. British Butterflies and their Collectors. - Martins, Great Horkesley : Harley Books : 1-432 {{DEFAULTSORT:Drury, Dru}} [[Category:1725 births]] [[Category:1804 deaths]] [[Category:English entomologists]] [[Category:Silversmiths]] [[de:Dru Drury]] [[fr:Dru Drury]] [[nl:Dru Drury]] [[pl:Dru Drury]] [[pt:Dru Drury]] [[sk:Dru Drury]]