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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2017-12-05 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-09-19 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005931b.htm person Couchman Leonard Edgar AM AACR2 14 June 1901 17 June 1992 Place of Birth England Place of Death Tasmania, Australia Electrical engineer Lepidopterist Leonard Couchman was an electrical engineer by training and taught for many years in Tasmanian high schools, but is best know as an authority on Australian butterflies. For over 50 years he collected all over Australia ably assisted by his wife Ruth. The Couchman collection was significant for the number of types, its comprehensive coverage of Tasmanian butterflies, and the number of specimens from locations that have now disappeared under development. He donated the collection to the Australian National Insect Collection in 1990 together with extensive correspondence and notes. 1925 1925 Life event - Migrated to Australia 1942 1942 Life event - Moved to Tasmania 1992 1992 Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) - for service to entomology Australian National Insect Collection, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1962 - )

Donated collection, correspondence and notes to the Collection 1990

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 'Couchman, Leonard Edgar', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Couchman, Leonard Edgar Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: A Rich and Diverse Fauna: the history of the Australian National Insect Collection 1926 - 1991 Upton, M. S. A Rich and Diverse Fauna: the history of the Australian National Insect Collection 1926 - 1991 Melbourne CSIRO Publishing 1997