E. B. Pinniger

Edward Bertram Pinniger FRES (12 April 1913 – 18 August 2005) was a British recording engineer and amateur entomologist.

In 1946, he and Cynthia Longfield of the Natural History Museum were the first to identify Coenagrion scitulum (the dainty damselfly) in Britain.

[9] A resident of Chingford,[7] on the border of Essex, he led LNHS expeditions in the county.

On 21 July 1946, with Cynthia Longfield of the Natural History Museum, he was searching dykes near Benfleet in Essex for Lestes dryas when they were the first to detect Coenagrion scitulum (the dainty damselfly) in Britain.

[12] Pinniger died in the district of Windsor and Maidenhead, England, on 18 August 2005.