Dru Drury (1724 - 1803)

Dru Drury

Dru Drury was a British entomologist and collector.

Dru Drury was an avid collector and his entomological collection totals 11,000 specimens. Drury corresponded extensively with entomologists from all over the world, from India to Jamaica to America, and bought any insects for 60 cents from officers of merchant ships arriving from afar. He even supplied travelers with a pamphlet of collecting instructions. It was through this work that Drury amassed most of his collection. From 1770 to 1787 he published three volumes on entomology, Illustrations of Natural History, with over 240 drawings of exotic insects.

Drury was president of the Society of Entomologists of London from 1780 to 1782, and a member of the Linnaean Society.