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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. James Charles
Dale (1792 - 6 February 1872) was a wealthy English naturalist who
devoted almost all of his adult life to entomology. James Dale was the
son of wealthy landowners. He received his education at Cambridge
University receiving his MA in 1818. He was a friend of James Francis
Stephens, frequently mentioned in that author's Illustrations of British
Entomology and of John Curtis who refers to him frequently in his
British Entomology. Another close friend was the Irish entomologist
Alexander Henry Haliday. The references are mainly to Coleoptera though
Dale worked on all Orders. His first note, on Lepidoptera was published,
in the Magazine of Natural History in 1830. This was followed by some 83
further notes and articles covering a wide range of topics.
