Douglas Keely Kevan

Douglas Keely Kevan FRSE FACCA (1895–1968) was a 20th-century British chartered accountant and noted entomologist and conchologist.

He was born on 4 February 1895 in Chelmsford in Essex, the son of Alfred Keely Kevan.

He served in the Territorial Army and at the onset of the First World War was immediately called up.

[1] He was wounded later in 1915 and transferred to home duties with the Royal Army Service Corps, where he achieved the rank of captain.

In 1943 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh due to his contributions to science.