"Modern Daylight Savings Time (DST) was an idea proposed by a man named George Vernon Hudson. An English born New Zealand entomologist and astronomer, Mr. Hudson spent much of his free time between his shift-work pursuing his interest in insects. By age 14 he had a sizeable collection of specimens and had published a paper in The Entomologist. This brought about an appreciation for valuable daylight in which to gather his specimens. In 1895 he presented a paper to the Wellington Philosophical Society and became the first to propose an adjustment to the official time to accommodate for the shift in daylight during the summer period".