Born on 6 January 1874 at Ware, second child and eldest son of Millice Culpin LRCP & SEd, and Hannah Munsey his wife. He was educated at the Grocers Company's School, where he acquired his life-long interest in entomology. His father emigrated to Taringa, Queensland, Australia in search of health an

Born at Histon, Cambridge on 11 May 1883, the son of Wright Graves, a veterinary surgeon, and the grandson of the founder of the firm of Chivers, food and preserve manufacturers, he received his education at the Perse School, Cambridge, and the Royal Veterinary College, London. He was encouraged to