BROUN, THOMAS (1838-1919) was born and educated in Edinburgh and served in the Crimean war. He had a commission in the 35th Regiment in the Indian Mutiny, after which he was invalided with cholera and retired (1862). Having married he came to New Zealand and in the Waikato war held a commission in the 1st Waikato Regiment. (Major, N.Z.M., 1905). After the war he farmed at Opotiki for a few years, was a teacher under the Auckland education board (1876-88). Broun was government entomologist (1894-1905). For many years after 1866 he studied New Zealand insects and he described about 2,000 species in his Manual of New Zealand Coleoptera, and in British scientific publications. Broun was first drawn towards the study of entomology by observing the brilliant tropical insects in Burma. He died on 24 Aug 1919.

Who's Who N.Z., 1908; Cycl. N.Z., i (p); Trs. N.Z. Inst., vol 52 (p).

Reference: Volume 1, page 65

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