John Charles Watt (31 January 1936 – 16 April 2006) was a New Zealand

entomologist Entomology (from Ancient Greek ἔντομον (''éntomon''), meaning "insect", and -logy from λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study") is the branch of zoology that focuses on insects. Those who study entomology are known as entomologists. In ...

who made significant contributions to the study of New Zealand

darkling beetle Darkling beetle is the common name for members of the beetle family Tenebrionidae, comprising over 20,000 species in a cosmopolitan distribution. Taxonomy ''Tenebrio'' is the Latin generic name that Carl Linnaeus assigned to some flour beetles ...

s. Watt was born in England and emigrated to New Zealand while a child. He was educated at the

University of Auckland The University of Auckland (; Māori: ''Waipapa Taumata Rau'') is a public research university based in Auckland, New Zealand. The institution was established in 1883 as a constituent college of the University of New Zealand. Initially loc ...

where he obtained an master's degree with honours in zoology. He then travelled to the

University of Oxford The University of Oxford is a collegiate university, collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the List of oldest un ...

where he obtain a doctorate. He was a participant in the 1970 Three Kings Islands expedition.

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1936 births 2006 deaths New Zealand entomologists Naturalised citizens of New Zealand People associated with Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (New Zealand) {{Entomologist-stub