Andrew Matthews (entomologist)


The Reverend Andrew Matthews, M.A. was a British clergyman and an entomologist who specialised in beetles.
Little is known of him, except that he was styled "The Reverend" and held an M.A. degree from Oxford University. He studied some of the tiniest beetles, which are the most difficult to identify. He described several species, notably in the genus Nicrophorus, and is the binomial authority for at least three. His collection passed to Philip Brookes Mason, of Burton-on-Trent, who edited some of Matthews' papers for posthumous publication.
His chief interests were in the families Trichopterygia, Corylophidae and Sphaeriidae.

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