Everard Cotes

Born in 1862, Everard Charles Cotes was an English-born entomologist who spent much of his working life in India. He worked at the Indian Museum in Calcutta and published scientific books and papers on insects, including collaborative work on Indian moths.

Later, after marrying the Canadian writer and journalist Sara Jeannette Duncan, he moved into journalism. Alongside his scientific writing, he also produced books drawn from his travels, which helps explain why his career stands out: he was active in both natural history and the literary world.

Cotes died on October 4, 1944. Although he is less widely remembered than Duncan, his life brought together museum science, field observation, and print culture in a way that feels distinctly late-Victorian and early-20th-century.