Sir Boris Petrovitch Uvarov KCMG FRS (3 November 1886[2] – 18 March 1970) was a Russian-British entomologist best known for his work on the biology and ecology of locusts.

His first job after graduating was as an entomologist at the Murgab Crown Cotton Estate (Transcaucasia) but he moved to St Petersburg in 1911.

He then worked at Stavropol on Locusta migratoria becoming director of the entomological bureau at the age of 23 and helped put locust control on a sound scientific basis.

A chance meeting with a British army medical entomologist Patrick A. Buxton in Georgia who in turn contacted Guy A.K.

[4][5] Starting in 1945, Dr. Uvarov and his small team received official designation as the Anti-Locust Research Centre, London.

He personally published nearly 430 papers and made important contributions in the areas of taxonomy, population biology and locust control.

His studies of outbreaks in Africa contributed much towards establishing correlation between seasonal weather conditions and locus migrations thus providing a basis for forecasting.