James Francis Stephens
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James Francis Stephens (September 16, 1792 - December 22, 1852) was an English zoologist.
Stephens was born in London. He was employed in the Admiralty office, Somerset House, from 1807 to 1845. In his spare time he assisted William Elford Leach in arranging the insect collection at the British Museum.
Stephens was the author of Nomenclature of British Insects: Being a Compendious List of Such Species (1829). He published the last six volumes of General Zoology, or systematic natural history (1800-26) (16 volumes) after the death of George Shaw.