Leonard Hugh Newman (3 February 1909 - 23 January 1993) was a British entomologist, author and broadcaster. He wrote many popular books on insects, especially butterflies and moths. With Peter Scott and James Fisher, he was a resident member of the team who presented "Nature Parliament" on BBC radio's Children's Hour in the 1950s. He ran a butterfly farm in Kent (which he inherited from his father), supplying among others Sir Winston Churchill, who bought many butterflies for his house at Chartwell. A collection of Newman's entomological photographs is held by the library of the Natural History Museum in London.
Bibliography (incomplete) Talking of butterflies, moths and other fascinating insects (1946) Butterfly haunts (1948) British moths and their haunts (1949) Butterflies on the wing (1949) Moths on the wing (1950) Stand & stare (1950) with W. J. C. Murray Transformations of butterflies and moths (1952) Nature parliament: A book of the broadcasts (1952) with James Fisher and Peter Scott Linger and look (1952) Nature's way : questions and answers on animal behaviour (1952) with W. J. C. Murray How's your pet? (1953) The observer's book of common British insects and spiders (1953) Butterfly farmer (1953) Butterflies of the fields and lanes, hills and heathland (1954) Garden and woodland butterflies (1954) Wander and watch (1954) with W. J. C. Murray Butterflies of day and night : a book of beautiful butterflies and magnificent moths (1954) Instructions to young naturalists (1956) with Maxwell Knight and W. E. Swinton Looking at butterflies (1959) Hawk-moths of Great Britain and Europe (1965) Man and insects (1965) Living with butterflies (1967) His 1967 book offers anecdotes of the butterfly farm and its doings in a conversational, informative mode, making the practicalities and adventures of his life and times memorable. Rich with natural history, it is a treasure not only for the entomological reader, but anyone who has a love of the outdoors and the issues of ecological preservation that face us all. Create a butterfly garden (1967), with Moira Savonius Ants from close up (1968), with Stephen Dalton The complete British butterflies in colour (1968)
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