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'''Henry Denny''' (1803–1871) was an English museum curator and [[entomologist]], known as an authority on parasites.
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'''Henry Denny''' (1803 – 7 March 1871) was an English [[entomologist]], known as an authority on parasitic insects. He served as the first curator of the Leeds Museum. His son Alfred Denny became a professor of zoology at the University of Sheffield.


==Life==
==Life==
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[[File:Ricinus bombycillae (Denny, 1842).JPG|thumb|upright|left|A bird louse, ''Ricinus bombycillae'', named by Denny (1842), now in the genus ''[[Amblycera]]'']]
Denny was the first salaried curator of the [[Leeds Museum]], then the museum of the [[Leeds Literary and Philosophical Society]], appointed in 1825. He held that post for 45 years. The [[British Association for the Advancement of Science]] in 1842 made a grant to Denny for the study of British [[Anoplura]]; [[William Kirby (entomologist)|William Kirby]] tried to bring him in as illustrator of his ''Introduction to Entomology'', though without success.<ref name="DNB">{{cite DNB|wstitle=Denny, Henry|volume=14}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Nature London: The International Weekly Journal of Science|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eulSAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA413|year=1871|publisher=Nature Publishing Group|page=413}}</ref>
Denny was born in Norwich. He became interested in entomology through contact with [[John Curtis (entomologist)|John Curtis]] and [[William Kirby (entomologist)|William Kirby]]. In 1821, he was a guest of Kirby for a month at Barham Rectory. He became the first salaried curator of the [[Leeds Museum]], then the museum of the [[Leeds Literary and Philosophical Society]], appointed in 1826. He held that post for 45 years. Also in 1825, he published a monograph on the British species of ant-loving beetles in the genus ''[[Pselaphus]]''. In 1832 he lectured on botany at the Leeds School of Medicine. The [[British Association for the Advancement of Science]] in 1842 made a grant to Denny for the study of British [[Anoplura]]; [[William Kirby (entomologist)|William Kirby]] tried to bring him in as illustrator of his ''Introduction to Entomology'', and he contributed a few plates for it.<ref name="DNB">{{cite DNB|wstitle=Denny, Henry|volume=14}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Nature London: The International Weekly Journal of Science|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eulSAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA413|year=1871|publisher=Nature Publishing Group|page=413}}</ref> Denny was elected Associate of the Linnean Society in 1843. He also served as a secretary to the Yorkshire Geological and Polytechnic Society from 1845 until his death.<ref>{{cite journal |title=[Biographical notices] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eScLAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA244 |journal=Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society | date=1889 |volume=10 |pages=244–248 |doi=10.1144/pygs.10.1.23 | doi-broken-date=27 August 2024 |ref=none |no-tracking=yes<!-- prevents error categorization -->}}</ref>


A good friend of [[Charles Darwin]], Henry Denny was asked if lice affecting humans could have speciated in different parts of the world. Denny's response would be included in his treatise "The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex". Denny's response to Darwin found its way into the book:<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Radick |first1=Gregory |last2=Steadman |first2=Mark |date=2021 |title=Of lice and men: Charles Darwin, Henry Denny and the evidence for the human races as varieties or species |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2058850X21000102/type/journal_article |journal=BJHS Themes |language=en |volume=6 |pages=81–95 |doi=10.1017/bjt.2021.10 |issn=2058-850X}}</ref> "I am informed by Mr. Denny that the most different kinds of dogs, fowls, and pigeons, in England, are infested by the same species of Pediculi or lice."
He was (DNB):" for forty-five years curator of the museum of the [[Literary and Philosophical Society in Leeds]]. Before his appointment he had published at [[Norwich]] in 1825 a monograph on the British species of the genus [[Pselaphus]] of Herbst." Denny became "a leading authority on the subject of the parasitic insects which infest man and beast".


Denny died at [[Leeds]] in 1871, at the age of 68.<ref name="DNB"/>
The well-known entomologist Kirby, to whom Denny dedicated his first monograph, endeavoured to secure for the latter employment on a serial publication projected by him for the illustration, by means of coloured plates, of his ‘Introduction to Entomology.’ The negotiations with the publishers on this subject, however, came to naught. The [[British Association for the Advancement of Science]] in 1842 made a grant to Denny of fifty guineas for the purpose of assisting him in the study of British Anoplura.

Denny died at [[Leeds]] on 7 March 1871, at the age of 68, and a fund was raised by subscription for the benefit of his widow and younger children.<ref name="DNB"/>

His son [[Alfred Denny]] had the [[Alfred Denny Museum of Zoology]] at [[Sheffield]] named after him.


==Works==
==Works==

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Latest revision as of 00:51, 27 August 2024

For other people named Henry Denny, see Henry Denny (disambiguation).

Henry Denny (1803 – 7 March 1871) was an English entomologist, known as an authority on parasitic insects. He served as the first curator of the Leeds Museum. His son Alfred Denny became a professor of zoology at the University of Sheffield.

Life

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A bird louse, Ricinus bombycillae, named by Denny (1842), now in the genus Amblycera

Denny was born in Norwich. He became interested in entomology through contact with John Curtis and William Kirby. In 1821, he was a guest of Kirby for a month at Barham Rectory. He became the first salaried curator of the Leeds Museum, then the museum of the Leeds Literary and Philosophical Society, appointed in 1826. He held that post for 45 years. Also in 1825, he published a monograph on the British species of ant-loving beetles in the genus Pselaphus. In 1832 he lectured on botany at the Leeds School of Medicine. The British Association for the Advancement of Science in 1842 made a grant to Denny for the study of British Anoplura; William Kirby tried to bring him in as illustrator of his Introduction to Entomology, and he contributed a few plates for it.[1][2] Denny was elected Associate of the Linnean Society in 1843. He also served as a secretary to the Yorkshire Geological and Polytechnic Society from 1845 until his death.[3]

A good friend of Charles Darwin, Henry Denny was asked if lice affecting humans could have speciated in different parts of the world. Denny's response would be included in his treatise "The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex". Denny's response to Darwin found its way into the book:[4] "I am informed by Mr. Denny that the most different kinds of dogs, fowls, and pigeons, in England, are infested by the same species of Pediculi or lice."

Denny died at Leeds in 1871, at the age of 68.[1]

Works

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Denny's published writings were:[1]

  • Monographia Pselaphorum et Scydmænorum Britanniæ; or an Essay on the British species of the genera Pselaphus of Herbst, and Scydmænus of Latreille, Norwich, 1825.
  • Monographia Anoplurorum Britanniæ; or an Essay on the British species of Parasitic Insects belonging to the order Anoplura of Leach, London, 1842.

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1888). "Denny, Henry" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 14. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  2. ^ Nature London: The International Weekly Journal of Science. Nature Publishing Group. 1871. p. 413.
  3. ^ "[Biographical notices]". Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society. 10: 244–248. 1889. doi:10.1144/pygs.10.1.23 (inactive 27 August 2024).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of August 2024 (link)
  4. ^ Radick, Gregory; Steadman, Mark (2021). "Of lice and men: Charles Darwin, Henry Denny and the evidence for the human races as varieties or species". BJHS Themes. 6: 81–95. doi:10.1017/bjt.2021.10. ISSN 2058-850X.

Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1888). "Denny, Henry". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 14. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

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