Walter Edward Collinge

Collinge was born in Huddersfield. He undertook his first degree at Leeds University before becoming a demonstrator in zoology at the University of St Andrews in 1891.[4]

Collinge was a lecturer in zoology and comparative anatomy at Birmingham University when it was founded in 1900.[4] From 1915–1919 he returned to St. Andrew's as the Carnegie Research Fellow at the Gatty Marine Laboratory.[4] He became Keeper of the Yorkshire Museum in March 1921 and stayed in this post until his retirement in March 1941.[2][4][5] During his tenure at the Yorkshire Museum, Collinge devoted much of his academic attention to the economic aspects of ornithology.[3]

Collinge was a member of many learned societies. He was a member of the British Numismatic Society,[6] a 'foreign member' of the American Association of Economic Entomologists, Honorary Fellow of the Royal Horticultural Society, joint secretary of the Association of Economic Biologists,[7] and a member of the British Ornithologists' Union.[3] He was a fellow of the Royal Entomological Society, the Linnean Society and the Society of Antiquaries of London.

• Collinge, W. E. 1896 The Skull of the Dog: A Manual for Students with a Glossary of Osteological Terms. London.
• Collinge, W. E. 1902. "On the non-operculate land and fresh-water molluscs collected by the members of the "Skeat expedition" in the Malay Peninsula, 1899-1900", Journal of Malacology 9(3).
• Collinge, W. E. 1908. Report on the injurious insects and other animals observed in the Midland counties during 1904-07. Birmingham, Cornish bros.
• Collinge, W. E. 1912. Second report on economic biology. Birmingham, The Midland Educational.
• Collinge, W. E. 1913. The Food of some British Wild Birds: A Study in Economic Ornithology. London.
• Collinge, W. E. 1915. "Description of a new Genus and Species of Terrestrial Isopoda from British Guiana", Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 32 (220), 509–511 doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1915.tb01872.x
• Collinge, W. E. 1934. "On a Roman Phalera Found near Malton". Proceedings of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society (1934). 3–4.
• Collinge, W. E. 1935. "On Some Spoon-shaped Fibulae in the Yorkshire Museum and Elsewhere". Proceedings of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society (1935). 1–4.
• Colling, W. E. 1935. "On a Roman memorial stone in the Yorkshire Museum. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society (1935). 5-6.
• Collinge, W. E. 1935. "Woodlice, their Folk-Lore and Local Names", The North-Western Naturalist 10. 19–21.