Fred Enock
Fred Enock Frederick Enock (17 April 1845 Manchester - 26 May 1916 Hastings) was an English microscopist, illustrator and naturalist.
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Fred Enock

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- Born
- 1845
- Died
- 1916
- Occupation
- entomologist · illustrator · scientific collector
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Fred Enock Frederick Enock (17 April 1845 Manchester - 26 May 1916 Hastings) was an English microscopist, illustrator and naturalist.
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His parents were Robert Enock (1811-1855) and Elizabeth Enock (née Doeg) (1810-1867). Their children were Charles Robert Enock (1837-1900), Arthur Henry Enock (1839-1917), Amy Jane Dell (née Enock) (1841-1885), Robinson Enock (1843-1909), Frederick Enock (1845-1916), Emma Enock (1847-1868), Edwin Enock (1849-1924) and Sophia Elizabeth Derrington (née Enock) (1853-1933). Fred married Jennie Burton (1852-?) on 21 March 1872 at the Hornsey Road Methodist Chapel (now a police station) in Islington, London. Fred's uncle, Edmund Wheeler, was a commercial slide mounter who became notable for the quality and volume of his preparations from the 1860s to the 1880s, when he sold his business to W. Watson & Sons. Fred Enock assisted in Wheeler's insect preparations through much of the 1870s. • Schooling 14 August 1855 - 1 February 1860 - Ackworth School, Pontefract Road, Ackworth, Pontefract - Robinson, Emma and Edwin all went here, but were in different classes. Between his tenth and fifteenth year, Fred did not see his family except for the one-month annual summer holiday. Most of his family from his grandfather down, had also attended Ackworth School. His occupation at the various times of census was given as 1861 - Machinist apprentice, 1871 - Naturalist, 1881 - Professor of Natural History (microscopic), 1891 - Scientific Lecturer Natural History, 1901 - Lecturer in Science School, 1911 - Science Lecturer • Addresses before marriage • 59 Stock Street, Cheetham, Manchester 1845-c1846 • Stratford Road, Sparkbrook, Birmingham 1851-c1854 • Balsall Heath Road, Balsall Heath, Birmingham 1861-? • 48 Tollington Road, Islington 1871-1872 (with uncle Edmund Wheeler) • After marriage • 3 Andover Road, Islington 1872-? • 2 Mount Pleasant Rd, Upper Holloway 1873 • 25 Balsall Heath Rd, Birmingham 1874 • 30 Russell Rd, Islington 1880-1882 • Ferndale, Woking Station 1882-1883 • 21 Prospero Rd, Upper Holloway 1885 • 11 Parolles Rd, Upper Holloway 1889 • 21 Manor Gardens, Holloway 1895-1898 • 13 Tufnell Park Rd, Holloway 1911-1915 • 54 St Mary's Terrace, West Hill, Hastings 1916
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• Illustration — Earwig • Illustration — Tiger beetle - Cicindela campestris • Illustration — Willow Saw Fly (Nematus oligospilus) • Illustration — Head of Vespa vulgaris
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