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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 25-07-2009 12:00
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7286 Joined: 19.11.04 |
For those who haven't heard - Peter Skidmore died last weekend, aged 73. Peter was a well-known British Dipterist who specialised in insects on dung, amongst other things. In 1985 he published a classic work on immature Muscidae - The biology of the Muscidae of the world. (Ser. Entomol. 29).
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 25-07-2009 16:15
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9455 Joined: 24.05.05 |
A sad news indeed.
Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 26-07-2009 09:53
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Very sad - a big name in Diptera
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 01-06-2012 11:40
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Just bringing it to your attention, the Peter Skidmore Appeal: http://www.gomde.org.uk/peat-skid-moor-the-peat-appeal-n-8.html
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