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 | | Drury is noted for his beautiful hand coloured illustrations, especially in his three-volume monograph entitled Illustrations of Natural History which contained over 240 figures, subsequently revised by J.O. Westwood as Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, containing upwards of six hundred and fifty figures and descriptions of Foreign Insects, 1837. |
 | | Dru Drury was born in Wood Lane, London, to Dru Drury (b.1688), a silversmith, and his wife Mary, nee Hesketh. |
 | | Drury was tireless in seeking to enlarge his collection, which contained over 11,000 well kept insects, and also tried hard to persuade his correspondents to study insects and their life histories and to record their findings. |
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