Amedeo John Engel Terzi

Amedeo John Engel Terzi (1872, Palermo -1956) was an Italian illustrator and entomologist specialising in Diptera, the true flies.

Drawing of a female blowfly, Chrysomya chloropyga, A.J.E. Terzi. Wellcome Library.

He was the son of Andrea Terzi (1852-1918), a lithographer and illustrator. His brother, Aleardo Terzi (1870–1943), was also an artist; he worked on poster advertising.

Amedeo Terzi was engaged by Sir Patrick Manson (1844–1922) as an illustrator for the London School of Tropical Medicine. He executed many zoological illustrations, mostly of parasitic insects, principally Diptera, estimating that he had accomplished 37,000 drawings in the course of his career, in 55 books and more than 500 other publications.

In 1900, Terzi worked with Louis Sambon and George Carmichael Low on mosquitoes transmitting malaria at Ostia.

In 1902 he joined the Natural History Museum.

References

• "Amedeo John Engel Terzi (1872-1956)". Natural History Museum. Archived from the original on 26 February 2006.
• Mattingly, Peter (1976). "Amedeo John Engel Terzi, 1872–1956" (PDF). Mosquito Systematics. 8 (1): 114–120.
• Wilkinson, Lise (2002). "A J E Terzi and L W Sambon: early Italian influences on Patrick Manson's "Tropical medicine", entomology, and the art of entomological illustration in London". Medical history. 46 (4): 569–79. PMC 1044565. PMID 12408096.