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Born December 22, 1823 • France
Died October 11, 1915 (aged 91) • France
Subjects Of Study insect • anatomy • behaviour

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Sir Vincent Wigglesworth
British entomologist
Anna Botsford Comstock.
Anna Botsford Comstock
American illustrator and writer
Réaumur, detail of an engraving by J. Blanchon
René-Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur
French entomologist
Leland Ossian Howard
American entomologist
William Morton Wheeler
American entomologist
Bates, H.W.
H.W. Bates
British naturalist and explorer
Charles Valentine Riley
American entomologist
Say, Thomas
Thomas Say
American naturalist
Lyonnet, detail of an oil painting by Hendrik van Limborch, 1742; in a private collection
Pierre Lyonnet
Dutch naturalist and engraver
Johann Christian Fabricius, engraving by G.L. Lahde, 1805
Johann Christian Fabricius
Danish entomologist
John Henry Comstock
American entomologist
Charles De Geer
Swedish entomologist
Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
French naturalist
Bichat, detail of an engraving
Marie-François-Xavier Bichat
French anatomist and physiologist
Belon, detail from an engraving
Pierre Belon
French naturalist
Jean Cruveilhier
French pathologist
Latreille, detail of an engraving after a portrait, 1823
Pierre-André Latreille
French zoologist
Leonardo da Vinci: self-portrait
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian artist, engineer, and scientist
William Harvey
William Harvey
English physician
Emanuel Swedenborg
Emanuel Swedenborg
Swedish philosopher