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THE council of the British Empire Naturalists’ Association has elected Mr. Hugh Main as new national president in succession to Mr. Douglas English, who recently retired owing to ill-health. The presidency of the Association is not an annual affair and the choice of Mr. Hugh Main will meet with wide acclamation, for he is well known for his interest in nature photography and his insect studies. He spends much time in his private photographic studio at Woodford Wells in Essex, or in collecting insect specimens. He has long been a vice-president of the Association, and when the new Epping Forest Branch of the Association was formed, Mr. Main was elected its first president. He has made conspicuous contributions to nature photography and he has also been an active man in the field as well as on the lecture platform. He has also made some noteworthy experiments with his insectarium. Mr. Main has long been a keen and enthusiastic worker for the Association and has done much in various ways to promote its welfare. He is the Association's referee for beetles. The British Empire Naturalists Association now has twenty-four local branches each with separate meetings and officers, and thirty-five other natural history societies are affiliated to it.
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Mr. Hugh Main. Nature 144, 185 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/144185c0
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