For others uses see Frederick Fraser (disambiguation) Frederic Charles Fraser (15 February 1880, in Woolwich – 2 March 1963, in Linwood was an English entomologist who specialised in Odonata. Following army service in India as a surgeon with the rank of lieutenant colonel, Fraser devoted himself entirely to dragonflies, mostly in the British Museum (Natural History), where his collection is maintained. Fraser's correspondence with A. Eric Gardner is in the library of the Natural History Museum, London. Fraser's correspondence with the Irish odonatologist Niall McNeill is in the Oxford University Museum. He was a fellow of the Royal Entomological Society. Selected works 1933 The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma including Burma and Ceylon Odonata. 1. Introduction, Coenagriidae. New Delhi.423pp. 1934 The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma including Burma and Ceylon Odonata. 2. Agriidae, Gomphidae. New Delhi.398 pp, 120 figures, 1 coloured plate. 1936 The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma including Burma and Ceylon Odonata. 3. Cordulegasteridae, Aeshnidae, Libellulidae. 461 p. 1954 The Origin and Descent of the Order Odonata based on the Evidence of persistent archaic Characters. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London.Ser.B, 23: 89-95 1957 A reclassification of the order Odonata R. Zool. Soc. N.S.W., Sydney, Australia, 155 pp. 1960 A handbook of the dragonflies of Australasia: with keys for the identification of all species R. Zool. Soc. N.S.W., Sydney, Australia, 67 pp. + 27 plates. References Kimmins, D.E. (1966). A list of the Odonata types described by F. C. Fraser, now in the British Museum (Natural History). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). 18(6): 173-227. Kimmins, D.E. (1968). A list of the type-specimens of Libellulidae and Corduliidae (Odonata) in the British Museum (Natural History). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). 22(6):277-305 Kimmins, D.E. (1969). A list of the type-specimens of Odonata in the British Museum (Natural History) Part II. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). 23(7):287-314 Kimmins, D.E. (1970). A list of the type-specimens of Odonata in the British Museum (Natural History) Part III. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). 24(6):171-205 Sources Anon. [F.C. Fraser] Entom. Mon. Mag., 99, 1963, p. 96 including a portrait. External links English entomologists English taxonomists 1880 births 1963 deaths Fellows of the Royal Entomological Society Naturalists of British India 20th-century British zoologists