Stephen John Brooks

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(born 1955) is a British entomologist working at the

Natural History Museum, London The Natural History Museum in London is a museum that exhibits a vast range of specimens from various segments of natural history. It is one of three major museums on Exhibition Road in South Kensington, the others being the Science Museum (Lo ...

. He attended the

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, by whom he was awarded BSc in zoology (1976) and MSc in public health engineering (1977). In 1979, he was appointed Assistant Scientific Officer in the Department of Entomology at the Natural History Museum. He was subsequently promoted to Scientific Officer (1985), Higher Scientific Officer (1989), Senior Scientific Officer (1995), and to Research Entomologist (2001) in the Life Sciences Department (Insects). His research interests include

freshwater biology Freshwater biology is the scientific biological study of freshwater ecosystems and is a branch of limnology. This field seeks to understand the relationships between living organisms in their physical environment. These physical environments may ...

palaeoecology Paleoecology (also spelled palaeoecology) is the study of interactions between organisms and/or interactions between organisms and their environments across geologic timescales. As a discipline, paleoecology interacts with, depends on and informs ...

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, ''

Chironomidae Chironomidae , commonly known as non-biting midges or chironomids , are a family of Nematoceran flies with a global distribution. They are closely related to the families Ceratopogonidae, Simuliidae, and Thaumaleidae. Although many chironomid ...

'' (nonbiting midges) and ''

Odonata Odonata is an order of predatory flying insects that includes the dragonflies and damselflies (as well as the '' Epiophlebia'' damsel-dragonflies). The two major groups are distinguished with dragonflies (Anisoptera) usually being bulkier with ...

'' (dragonflies and damselflies). The 2002 edition of his book ''Field Guide to the Dragonflies and Damselflies of Great Britain and Ireland'' was shortlisted for the Natural World Book Prize. He is a member of the

British Dragonfly Society The British Dragonfly Society is a conservation organisation in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1983 and its aims are to promote and to encourage the study and conservation of dragonflies and damselflies and their natural habitats, especia ...

(BDS), and has been editor of the BDS Journal and a member of the BDS Conservation Group.

Bibliography

* 1994: ''Bulletin of the Natural History Museum: Entomology v.63''. Intercept Ltd, Andover, UK. * 2000: ''Guidelines for Entomological Surveys''. Amateur Entomologists' Society. * 2003: ''Dragonflies''. Natural History Museum. * 2008: ''Dragonflies'' (with Philip Corbet).

New Naturalist The New Naturalist Library (also known as ''The New Naturalists'') is a series of books published by Collins in the United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Br ...

#108. Harper Collins. (HB) and (PB) * 2014: ''Field Guide to the Dragonflies and Damselflies of Great Britain and Ireland'' (with Steve Cham and Richard Lewington (illustrator)). British Wildlife Publishing Ltd.

References

British entomologists Fellows of the Royal Entomological Society New Naturalist writers Living people Date of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) 1955 births {{UK-entomologist-stub