| LC control no. | no2016099076 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Gahan, Charles J. (Charles Joseph), 1862-1939 |
| Variant(s) | Gahan, C. J. (Charles Joseph), 1862-1939 Gahan, Charles Joseph, 1862-1939 |
| Birth date | 1862-01-20 |
| Death date | 1939-01-21 |
| Place of birth | Roscrea (Ireland) |
| Place of death | Aylsham (England) |
| Field of activity | Beetles |
| Affiliation | British Museum (Natural History) Queen's College, Galway Royal School of Mines (Great Britain) Entomological Society of London (1833-1933) |
| Profession or occupation | Entomologists |
| Found in | A list of the Longicorn Coleoptera collected by Signor Fea in Burma and the adjoining regions, 1894: title page (with descriptions of the new genera and species by Charles J. Gahan, M.A., of the British Museum (Nat. History) Coleoptera. Vol. 1, Cerambycidae, 1906: title page (by C.J. Gahan) Guide to the exhibited series of insects in the Department of Entomology, British Museum (Natural History), 1919: preface to the third edition ([signed] C.J. Gahan, Keeper of Entomology) Furniture beetles, 1920: title page (by Charles J. Gahan, D.Sc., Keeper of the Department of Entomology) Natural History Museum Archives web site, viewed 22 July 2016 (authorized form of name: Gahan, Charles Joseph (1862-1939), Keeper of Entomology, NHM; Museum staff: appointed 2nd class assistant in Department of Zoology 1886; Keeper of Entomology 1913; retired 1927; coleopterist, Tring correspondent) Wikipedia, viewed 22 July 2016: Charles Joseph Gahan (Charles Joseph Gahan, 20 January 1862-21 January 1939; an expert on beetles, especially Cerambycidae; born at Roscrea, County Tipperary, Ireland; educated at Queens College Galway, where he achieved distinction, and then at the Royal School of Mines in Kensington; in 1886, joined the British Museum (Natural History) as an assistant in the Department of Zoology, becoming Keeper in the new Department of Entomology in 1913; Honorary Secretary of the Entomological Society of London, 1899-1900, and president, 1917-1918; in 1920, retired and lived at Mouth Aylsham in Norfolk; died at Aylsham) |
| Not found in | Oxford DNB database, 22 July 2016 |
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