Bates, Henry Walter

Janet Browne, Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, London, UK

Published online: April 2001

DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002358

1825–1882 British naturalistwho described mimicry in insects.

Keywords: biogeography; mimicry; entomology; travel; Darwin; natural selection; A. R. Wallace

 Further Reading
    Bates HW (1861) Contributions to an insect fauna of the Amazon Valley. Lepidoptera: Heliconidae. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 23: 495–566.
    book Bates HW (1863) The Naturalist on the River Amazon. London: John Murray.
    Blaisdell M (1982) Natural theology and nature's disguises. Journal of the History of Biology 15: 163–189.
    book Clodd E (ed.) (1892) "Memoir of H. W. Bates". In: The Naturalist on the River Amazon. London: John Murray.

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Browne, Janet(Apr 2001) Bates, Henry Walter. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. http://www.els.net [doi: 10.1038/npg.els.0002358]