Drury

Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 4: Dionysius to Friction, p. 98

Drury, DRU, a silversmith of London, was born 4th February 1725. He was devoted to the study of entomology and to collecting exotic insects, and published Illustrations of Natural History (3 vols. 1770-82, with upwards of 240 figures of exotic insects). His Illustrations of Exotic Entomology was edited in 1837 by J. O. Westwood, and appeared with nearly 700 figures by Moses Harris. Drury died 15th December 1803.

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