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Bowman, K.

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First Name(s)Kenneth OccupationChartered accountant, Canadian amateur lepidopterist Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q89590177

Name Bowman, K. First Name(s) Kenneth Surname Bowman Occupation Chartered accountant, Canadian amateur lepidopterist Description

Exerpt from: Riegert, Paul W. Entomologists of Alberta. Entomological Society of Canada, 1989.


BOWMAN, Kenneth (1875-1955): was born in Durham, England in 1875, graduated from Dulwich College and emigrated to Alberta…

Exerpt from: Riegert, Paul W. Entomologists of Alberta. Entomological Society of Canada, 1989.


BOWMAN, Kenneth (1875-1955): was born in Durham, England in 1875, graduated from Dulwich College and emigrated to Alberta in 1904. After a few years of ranching at Pine Lake, south-east of Red Deer, he moved to Edmonton in 1906 and became a chartered accountant. Having a keen interest in natural history he roamed the Edmonton district to collect Lepidoptera, expanding his collecting territory annually to include Nordegg, Jasper-Pocahontas, and Hillcrest-Blairmore regions. In 1919 Bowman updated Wolley-Dod's checklist of Lepidoptera of Alberta but kept adding to this from the collections he made up to 1944. In 1951, with the help of E.H. Strickland, he published a revised list of the Lepidoptera of Alberta which contained 1800 taxa, nearly twice that of his former list. Although he was an inveterate collector he was not a taxonomist, preferring that others name the specimens he captured. However, he did name one species that he collected at Wembley, but its true identity is still in doubt. His extensive and meticulous collection was deposited at the University of Alberta after his death in 1955.

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"People Details - Bowman, K., University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/11-5/9-2470. Accessed 08 Oct. 2024.

Specimen Information

There are 12882 specimens related to this person.

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UASM210136 - Apamea sordens

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Manitoba, Stony Mountain Collected ByBowman, K. Date Collected1912-06-09

UASM210141 - Archanara subflava

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton Collected ByBowman, K. Date Collected1916-08-23

UASM135798 - Pachyta lamed liturata

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Leyland Collected ByBowman, K. Date Collected1918-09-02

UASM136275 - Xylotrechus undulatus

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Leyland Collected ByBowman, K. Date Collected1918-09-02

UASM136657 - Pseudogaurotina cressoni cressoni

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Hillcrest Collected ByBowman, K. Date Collected1922-06-25

UASM9973 - Xanthotype sospeta

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton Collected ByBowman, K. Date Collected1942-07-03

UASM53067 - Capperia ningoris

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton Collected ByBowman, K. Date Collected1922-07-06

UASM53064 - Capperia ningoris

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton Collected ByBowman, K. Date Collected1922-07-06

UASM53066 - Capperia ningoris

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton Collected ByBowman, K. Date Collected1924-07-23