Brian Hocking (22 September 1914 – 23 May 1974) was a Canadian entomologist known for his work in medical entomology on blood-sucking flies, particularly black-flies and mosquitoes.
from the Imperial College, he worked for some time as an entomologist in the British Indian Army posted in Lucknow during World War II.
[1] He joined the University of Alberta in 1946, completing his masters and a Ph.D. (1953) from the Imperial College with a thesis on The intrinsic range and speed of the flight of insects before becoming a faculty member, a position he kept for the rest of his life.
He was a keen educator, and made numerous TV and radio programs, apart from helping develop the curriculum of Edmonton schools.
[5] Hocking also made studies on insects and their associations with the African thorn acacias.