Person Trimen; Roland (1840 - 1916) Trimen Roland 1840 - 1916 British South African Male 3 Park Place Villas, Paddington, London, England, United Kingdom 29 October 1840 18401010 Nursing home, Epsom, Surrey, England, United Kingdom 25/07/1916 19160725

Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope [now part of Republic of South Africa]

Naturalist; Colonial official Natural history Entomology Lepidoptera Education: Rottingdean; King's College School, Wimbledon, London Career: Voyaged to Cape of Good Hope [now part of Republic of South Africa] for his health, and settled there (1860); joined the Cape Public Service as a clerk (1860); private secretary to Richard Southey; secretary to Sir Henry Barkly British High Commissioner of South Africa; Director, South Africian Museum, Cape Town (1876-1895); Vine Diseases Commission (1880); chairman of the Phyloxerra Commission (1886); among the first entomologists to investigate mimicry and polymorphism in butterflies; collaborated with Charles Darwin to study the pollination of orchids; retired (1895) Memberships: Entomological Society of London (1859, president 1897-1898); British Association for the Advancement of Science (1871); FLS (1871); South African Philosophical Society (first secretary 1877-1878, President 1883-1884); South African Ornithologists' Union (1904); Royal Society of South Africa (1908); FZS Medals/Awards: Honorary MA conferred by the University of Oxford (1899) Son of Richard and Marianne Esther Trimen; elder brother of Henry Trimen (FRS 1888); married (1883) Henrietta Blanche Bull, daughter of H E Boys-Bull of Calcutta; brother of Mary Elizabeth Barber, butterfly collector Medals and prizes: Darwin Medal 1910 Fellow 07/06/1883 42 Sources: Bulloch's Roll Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc Series B 1919-1920 vol 91 pp xviii-xxvii, plate, signed by E B P References: A Cohen, 'Roland Trimen and the merope harem' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 205-218 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Trimen and Bowker, 'South African Butterflies: a monograph of the extra-tropical species' 1887-1889 29 Oct 1840 - 25 Jul 1916 NA6633 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 05/06/2025 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/315946667 d7aefc07-7848-4594-af58-67b2cdef2fc6