DRURY, DRU

DRURY, DRU
   a naturalist, born in London; bred a silversmith; took to entomology; published "Illustrations of Natural History"; his principal work "Illustrations of Exotic Entomology" (1725-1803).

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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