Poulton, Edward Bagnall

Helen J Power, Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL, London, UK

Published online: April 2001

DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002456

1856–1943 English zoologist noted for his work on the colours used in mimicry, warnings and protective resemblance.

Keywords: zoology; entomology; insect coloration; natural selection; Darwinism

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Further Reading
	book Poulton EB (1890) The Colour of Animals: Their Meaning and Use, Especially Considered in the Case of Insects. London: Kegan Paul.
	book Poulton EB (1896) Charles Darwin and the Theory of Natural Selection. London: Cassell.
	book Poulton EB (1908) Essays on Evolution 1889–1907. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
	book Poulton EB (1909) Charles Darwin and the Origin of Species. London: Longmans.
	book Holmes FL (ed.) (1981) Dictionary of Scientific Biography Supplement. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
	Hale Carpenter GD (1942–1944) Edward Bagnall Poulton, 1856–1943. Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 4: 655–680.
	book Weisman A (1889–1892) Essays on Heredity and Kindred Biological Problems, Poulton EB, Schonland S and Shipley AE (eds). Oxford: Clarendon Press.