Newman, L.H. — Butterfly Farmer

Phoenix House London 208, 68 b/w photos. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, light spotting to edges of text block. Foxing to front endpaper. Good in torn/worn d/w (some loss to top of spine and top of rear panel; in removable protective sleeve).. First edition. L. Hugh Newman (1909-1993) was one of the most distinguished butterfly farmers in the UK. His father, Leonard Newman, was an acknowledged entomologist, started Britain's first butterfly farm, in 1894 at Bexley, Kent, which in due course he passed on to his son. Hugh Newman provided researchers, collectors and garden lovers with butterflies. Among his clients was Winston Churchill, who periodically bought butterflies from his farm to release them in his garden at Chartwell. Newman was also an entomology writer and BBC radio presenter (Nature Parliament)..