Leonard Hugh Newman, (3 February 1909 - 23 January 1993) was a British

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 ...

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and broadcaster. He wrote many popular books on

insect Insects (from Latin ') are Hexapoda, hexapod invertebrates of the class (biology), class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body (Insect morphology#Head, head, ...

s, especially

butterflies Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...

and

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

s. With

Peter Scott Sir Peter Markham Scott (14 September 1909 – 29 August 1989) was a British ornithologist, conservation movement, conservationist, painter, naval officer, broadcaster and Sportsperson, sportsman. The only child of Antarctic explorer Robert Fal ...

and James Fisher, he was a resident member of the team who presented " Nature Parliament" on

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radio's

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in the 1950s. He ran a butterfly farm in

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(which he inherited from his father), supplying among others Sir

Winston Churchill Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, military officer, and writer who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 (Winston Churchill in the Second World War, ...

, who bought many butterflies for his house at

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. A collection of Newman's entomological photographs is held by the library of the

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Bibliography (incomplete)

*''Talking of butterflies, moths and other fascinating insects'' (1946) *''Butterfly haunts'' (1948) *''British moths and their haunts'' (1949) *''Butterflies on the wing'' (1949) *''Moths on the wing'' (1950) *''Stand & stare'' (1950) with W. J. C. Murray *''Transformations of butterflies and moths'' (1952) *''Nature parliament: A book of the broadcasts'' (1952) with James Fisher and Peter Scott *''Linger and look'' (1952) *''Nature's way : questions and answers on animal behaviour'' (1952) with W. J. C. Murray *''How's your pet?'' (1953) *''The observer's book of common British insects and spiders'' (1953) *''Butterfly farmer'' (1953) *''Butterflies of the fields and lanes, hills and heathland'' (1954) *''Garden and woodland butterflies'' (1954) *''Wander and watch'' (1954) with W. J. C. Murray *''Butterflies of day and night : a book of beautiful butterflies and magnificent moths'' (1954) *''Instructions to young naturalists'' (1956) with Maxwell Knight and W. E. Swinton *''Looking at butterflies'' (1959) *''Hawk-moths of Great Britain and Europe'' (1965) *''Man and insects'' (1965) *''Living with butterflies'' (1967) *''Create a butterfly garden'' (1967), with Moira Savonius *''Ants from close up'' (1968), with

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*''The complete British butterflies in colour'' (1968) British entomologists British lepidopterists 1909 births 1993 deaths 20th-century American zoologists {{UK-entomologist-stub