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Born September 18, 1843 • Kensington and Chelsea • England
Died September 14, 1895 (aged 51) • Washington, D.C. • United States
Subjects Of Study insect • pest control
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William Morton Wheeler
American entomologist
Réaumur, detail of an engraving by J. Blanchon
René-Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur
French entomologist
Johann Christian Fabricius, engraving by G.L. Lahde, 1805
Johann Christian Fabricius
Danish entomologist
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Edward Fred Knipling
American entomologist
Anna Botsford Comstock.
Anna Botsford Comstock
American illustrator and writer
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Sir Vincent Wigglesworth
British entomologist
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Leland Ossian Howard
American entomologist
Bates, H.W.
H.W. Bates
British naturalist and explorer
Say, Thomas
Thomas Say
American naturalist
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John Henry Comstock
American entomologist
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Marston Bates
American zoologist
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G. Evelyn Hutchinson
American biologist
Latreille, detail of an engraving after a portrait, 1823
Pierre-André Latreille
French zoologist
Fabre, Jean Henri
Jean Henri Fabre
French entomologist
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Charles De Geer
Swedish entomologist
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
British naturalist
Louis Agassiz
Louis Agassiz
Swiss-born American naturalist, geologist, and teacher
E.O. Wilson
E.O. Wilson
American biologist
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Thomas Hunt Morgan
American biologist
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Charles Elton
English biologist

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