William Doherty

William Doherty (May 15, 1857 in Cincinnati – May 25, 1901 in Nairobi[1]) was an American entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera and later also collected birds for the Natural History Museum at Tring.

[3] From 1877 to 1881, before he became a collector, he traveled widely in Europe, the Middle East and thence to Persia.

His entomological collecting activities commenced in earnest in 1882 while in South Asia.

[3] He collected butterflies in India, Burma, the Andaman Islands, Nicobar, Siam, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Guinea and British East Africa and described many new species.

[3] While collecting in Uganda, he fell ill and was carried to a hospital by his Lepcha collectors.