Rothschild, Hon. Dame Miriam (Louisa)

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ROTHSCHILD, Hon. Dame Miriam (Louisa)

ROTHSCHILD, Hon. Dame Miriam (Louisa). British, b. 1908. Genres: Zoology. Career: Novitates Zoologica, editor, 1938-41; Foreign Office, 1940-42; British Museum of Natural History, trustee, 1967-75; Royal Free Hospital, visiting professor of biology, 1970-74. Publications: (with T. Clay) Fleas, Flukes, and Cuckoos, 1952; (with H. Hopkins and R. Traub) Catalogue of the Rothschild Collection of Fleas, 6 vols, 1953-1983; Dear Lord Rothschild: Birds, Butterflies and History (biography), 1984; (with C. Farrell) The Butterfly Gardener, 1984; (with S. Ito and Y. Schlein) A Colour Atlas of Insect Tissue via the Flea, 1986; Animals and Man (lecture), 1986; Butterfly Cooing Like a Dove (anthology), 1991; The Rothschild Gardens, 1996; Rothschild's Reserves, 1997. Contributor to scientific journals. Address: Ashton, Peterborough, Northamptonshire PE8 5LZ, England.

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