By: Gimlet

Gimlet — Mon, 04 Apr 2016 11:01:08 +0000

So now we have it. The L.E. stands for Louis Edward and not Leonard E..
Here is a brief obituary from the Royal Entomological Society of which L.E.Snelgrove was a Fellow:
LOUIS EDWARD SNELGROVE , who died in November 1965 at the age of 87, was by profession
an educationalist, first as a schoolmaster, and later, for over 30 years, as County Inspector
of Schools for Somerset. But he was also an amateur bee-keeper and student of apiculture
of great repute, gaining his M.Sc., at the age of 42, for research on bee disease, and
his M.A., two years later, for research on bee-keeping in Roman times. He also made
numerous practical contributions to beekeeping techniques, and was an honorary life
member, and a past President, of the British Bee-Keeping Association. He had been a Fellow
of the Society since 1940. (Memoir: British Bee Journal 93 (1965) : 300 (with portrait)).

By: Gimlet

Gimlet — Sun, 03 Apr 2016 16:28:27 +0000

In reply to B..

Good question!
There are references to both all over the internet so I’ve written to the Royal Entomological Society in the hope they can tell me for sure.
I agree – the finest writer altogether.

By: B.

B. — Sun, 03 Apr 2016 14:14:35 +0000

Leonard E Snelgrove??
Or is it Louis Edward Snelgrove?

Either way he is the finest writer on ‘beeing’ that I have come across.

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