Philip Steven Corbet FRSE (21 May 1929 – 13 February 2008) was a British entomologist whose work focused largely on aquatic insects and dragonflies.

He co-authored and authored several books on the subject, which established him as a world expert on the order Odonata.

[1][3] Corbet was employed as an entomologist and zoologist by the East African High Commission in Uganda between 1954 and 1962.

In 1974 he returned to New Zealand, taking up the position of professor and director of the Joint Centre for Environmental Science at the University of Canterbury and Lincoln Agricultural College.

[1] Corbet continued to conduct entomological research at the University of Edinburgh, where he appointed an honorary professor in 1996.