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Alpheraky, Sergei Nikolaevich (1850-1918)

The outstanding Russian lepidopterist Sergei Nikolaevich Alpheraky, a Honorary Member of the RES, was a contemporary of N.…

Bates, Henry Walter (1825-1892)

English naturalist and explorer. He and Alfred Russel Wallace left England in 1848 to explore and collect insects in the…

Drenowski, Alexander Kirilow (1879-1967)Drenowski, Alexander Kirilow (1879-1967)

Alexander Kirilow Drenowski was born on 22 July 1879 in Ruse. He graduated secondary school in Ruse, and higher school in…

Elwes, Henry John (1846-1922)

Henry John Elwes was one of the greatest traveller-naturalists who have done so much to increase our knowledge of natural…

Fruhstorfer, Hans (1866-1922)

Hans Fruhstorfer was born in Passau, Germany on 7 March 1866. He was a man of genial disposition and of untiring energy and…

Godman, Frederick DuCane (1834-1919)

Frederick DuCane Godman was one of the great naturalists in the mid-Victorian epoch. As a boy he appears to have been delicate,…

Grumm-Grshimailo, Grigorii Efimovich (1860-1936)Grumm-Grshimailo, Grigorii Efimovich (1860-1936)

A great contribution to Russian and world entomology was made by Grigorii Efimovich Grumm-Grshimailo, a prominent lepidopterist,…

Korshunov, Yuri Petrovich (1933-2002)Korshunov, Yuri Petrovich (1933-2002)

Yuri P. Korshunov was born on 22 September 1933 in Chernorechka Village near Novosibirsk. The family soon moved to Novosibirsk.…

Oberthuer, Charles (1845-1924)Oberthuer, Charles (1845-1924)

Born at Rennes in 1845, Charles Oberthuer was a son of the founder of the celebrated printing firm which bore his name, and…

Rowland-Brown, Henry (1865-1921)Rowland-Brown, Henry (1865-1921)

Henry Rowland-Brown was born at Woodridings, Pinner, on 19 May 1865. He was educated at Rugby; at school he was a noted athlete,…
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