Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Maitland Emmet MBE (15 July 1908 – 3 March 2001) was an amateur entomologist and a former schoolmaster who taught Latin, English and Ancient Greek.
Among other positions held in relation to his entomological work are: During his life, Maitland Emmet became one of Britain's leading specialists in the microlepidoptera, as well as a classical scholar.
As a master at St Edwards School, Oxford he revived the field club which reignited his interests in British Lepidoptera.
The couple visited all fifty-three of the 10 km squares in Essex searching for leaf mines and catching moths in a light trap.
A quote from Maitland Emmet's book in this respect is apposite and illuminating: "Scientific names have much in common with crossword puzzles.