James Wood-Mason, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

James Wood-Mason

English zoologist

Date of Birth: 01-Dec-1846

Place of Birth: Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 06-May-1893

Profession: zoologist, lepidopterist, entomologist, marine biologist, carcinologist

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

James Wood-Mason (December 1846 – 6 May 1893) was an English zoologist.
He was the director of the Indian Museum at Calcutta, after John Anderson.
He collected marine animals and lepidoptera, but is best known for his work on two other groups of insects, phasmids (stick insects) and mantids (praying mantises). The genus Woodmasonia Brunner, 1907, and at least ten species of phasmids, are named after him.