William Warren

Who was William Warren?

William Warren was an English entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera.

William Warren was first educated at Oakham School, and subsequently graduated at the University of Cambridge, taking first-class classical honours. He then taught at Doncaster Grammar School. He collected extensively in the British Isles, notably at Wicken Fen and on Micro-lepidoptera. After leaving Doncaster School he lived in Chiswick, London where he worked on Geometridae in the British Museum and also for Tring Museum. He was a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society of London