Clay, Theresa (1911–1995)
Clay, Theresa (1911–1995)
English entomologist. Born Theresa Rachael Clay, Feb 7, 1911, in England; died 1995; married R.G. Searight, 1975.
Known for expertise on bird lice, went on expeditions to Middle East, Africa, and Arctic (1935–38 and 1946–49); volunteered (1938–49) and later hired as full-time staff member (1949) at British Museum (Natural History); responsible for British Museum's Phthiraptera and Apterygota section; contributed specimens to British Museum from Pakistan and India (1951), western Himalayas (1957), Trinidad and British Guiana (1961) and Malaysia (1974).
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