Bertram Maurice Hobby

Bertram Maurice Hobby (23 October 1905 – 19 July 1983) was an English entomologist who worked in Oxford University and served as an editor of the Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. He was a specialist on predatory insects, especially in the fly families, Asilidae and the Empididae.

Hobby was born in Southampton where he became interested in the insects in the New Forest as a schoolboy. He studied zoology at Oxford University graduating in 1929 and then worked as research fellow, obtaining a D.Phil in 1934 working under Edward Bagnall Poulton. He then joined the entomology department at Oxford University, retiring in 1972. He took part in the Oxford expedition to Sarawak in 1932. He married Marcia Prestidge in 1937, both of whom worked on the editorial board of the Entomologist's Monthly Magazine with himself serving as editor in chief from 1964 to 1981. He was Fellow of the Wolfson College from 1965 to 1973. He was also a keen swimmer, chess, and water polo player who served as an examiner for the Royal Life-Saving Society.[1][2]

References
  1. Rivers, C. (1984). "Dr Bertram Maurice Hobby, 1905-1983". Antenna. 8: 17.
  2. Smith KGV (1983). "Dr. Bertram Maurice Hobby, 1905-1983". Entomologist's Monthly. 119: 179–191.
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