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Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society
OBITUARY
ARTHUR H. NAPIER (1895-1976)
Arthur H. Napier, a charter member of The Lepidopterists* Society died I November 1976 at the age of 81. Arthur was a graduate of Chestnut Hill Academy, Philadelphia, in 1913 and of Haverford College in 1917. He was a member of a number of learned societies and clubs, here and abroad, but his interest was focused on youth activities. He was a Merit Badge Counselor for the Philadelphia and Valley Forge Council of Boy Scouts of America and received the Award of Merit for his work in scouting. He will be remembered by the many younger people for his interesting Lepidoptera and other insect lectures that he gave for many years in the township schools near his home. Arthur was married to Elizabeth Doyle who died in 1966. In 1968 he married the former Eleanor M. McConnell who had made his lecture appointments in one of the schools where she was employed. Besides his wife Eleanor, the others who survive him are: Arthur H. Napier, Jr., a son; two grandchildren, Constance Fraser and Arthur H. Napier, 3rd; three great-grandchildren, Elizabeth and Alison Fraser, David Groton Napier, and a stepson Leonard Sheppard.
Joseph W. Adams, Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19118.