LIFE FOR A BUTTERFLY

Greymouth Evening Star, 13 September 1934, Page 2

LIFE FOR A BUTTERFLY

EXPLORER’S FATAL QUEST. SAN’t’IAGO, August 4. Mr. William Mac Queen, a wealthy Scottish entomologist, has died at Valparaiso at the. age of 45. He contracted a chill when leading : a scientific expedition in the wilds of ■ the Aysen territory, skirting Chilean 'Patagonia in an attempt to capture a new species of butterfly. ' In Chile, Mr. Mac Queen was known 'as the “Scottish Monk.” Five years , ago his father died, leaving him a fori tune said to total £300,000. His. fath■er was one of the most sucessful Glasgow traders on the West Coast of ! South America, ' Mr Mac Queen Was educated At Glasgow Academy and at the universities of Edinburgh and Oxford. When the ■ war broke out he was in Germany. He ■ managed to escape and served with the Northumberland Yeomanry, taking part in the first battle of Vpres. ■ Since he inherited his father’s fortune, Mr. Mac Queen has been a world traveller. greatest pleasure,” he once said, “is to spefid my money well and to spend as much of it as possible in the country where my father made it. I also like to serve my two countries —'Scotland and Chile.” Mr Mac Queen leaves a Chilean fortune estimated at £lOO,OO. , He was an only son, and has one sister, Miss Elizabeth Mac Queen, who lives at Wadham, Worcestershire.