John Burrell was an English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 entomologist.

The Reverend John Burrell, artium magister (A.M

Master's degree

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.) was the vicar

Vicar

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 of the Norfolk parish of Letheringsett

Letheringsett

Letheringsett is a village in the English county of Norfolk. It forms part of the civil parish of Letheringsett with Glanford, along with the hamlet of Glandford. The village straddles the A148 King’s Lynn to Cromer road. Letheringsett is 1.2 miles west of Holt, 32.2 west north east of King’s Lynn...

. He published a Prodromus lepidopterorum Britannicorum and several papers on the moths

Lepidoptera

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, beetles and true bugs

Hemiptera

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 of Norfolk

Norfolk

Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...

. He was a Fellow

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 of the Linnean Society and a Fellow of the Entomological Society of London. He contributed three papers to the first volume (1812) of the Transactions of this society.

John Burrell was a close friend of John Curtis

John Curtis (entomologist)

John Curtis was an English entomologist and illustrator.-Biography:Curtis was born in Norwich and learned his engraving skills in the workshop of his father, Charles Morgan Curtis...

, William Kirby , Simon Wilkin

Simon Wilkin

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 and William Spence

William Spence

William Guthrie Spence , Australian trade union leader and politician, played a leading role in the formation of both Australia's largest union, the Australian Workers Union, and the Australian Labor Party.-Early life:...

who all shared his interest in entomology.

External links

• Google Bokks Three papers by Burrell in Volume 1 Transactions Entomological Society of London.