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Henry Walter Bates

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Also known as H. W. Bates, H. Bates, Bates

English naturalist and explorer (1825–1892)

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Henry Walter Bates (1825–1892) was an author and zoologist. His author citation in zoology is "Bates." He is recognized in the Royal Society collection.

Bates’s works include *The Naturalist on the River Amazon* (Everyman's Library) and several volumes of *The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society*, including general indexes to the fifth ten volumes. Open Library lists 33 works by him, while Crossref records five.

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Works
33

Top works

  • Naturalist on the River Amazons, a Record of Adventures, Habits of Animals, Sketches of Brazilian and Indian Life, and Aspec
  • The Naturalist on the River Amazon (Everyman's Library)
  • The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society ...: General index to the fifth ten volumes of the ...
  • The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society ...: General index to the fifth ten volumes of the ...
  • The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society ...

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Key facts

Born
( 1825-02-08 ) 8 February 1825, Leicester , England
Died
16 February 1892 (1892-02-16) (aged 67), London , England
Resting place
East Finchley Cemetery , London
Known for
Amazon voyage, Batesian mimicry
Spouse
Sarah Ann Mason
Awards
President of the Entomological Society of London , fellow of the Linnaean Society , and of the Royal Society
Fields
Mimicry , natural history , geography
Institutions
Royal Geographical Society , London

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Walter
Family name
Bates
Gender
male
Place of birth
Leicester
Place of death
London
Languages spoken
English language
Field of work
entomology
Image
Henry Walter Bates Maull & Fox BNF Gallica (cropped).jpg
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Commons category
Henry Walter Bates
date of birth
1825-02-08
date of death
1892-02-16
author citation (zoology)
Bates
name in native language
Henry Walter Bates
cause of death
respiratory disease
place of burial
East Finchley Cemetery
writing language
English language
has works in the collection
Australian National Maritime Museum
manner of death
natural causes
significant person
Alfred Russel Wallace
collection items at
Natural History Museum
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Encyclopedic overview

Henry Walter Bates (8 February 1825 – 16 February 1892) was an English naturalist and explorer who gave the first scientific account of mimicry in animals. He was most famous for his expedition to the rainforests of the Amazon with Alfred Russel Wallace, starting in 1848. Wallace returned in 1852, but lost his collection on the return voyage when his ship caught fire. When Bates arrived home in 1859 after a full eleven years, he had sent back over 14,712 species (mostly of insects) of which 8,000 were (according to Bates, but see Van Wyhe) new to science. Bates wrote up his findings in his best-known work, The Naturalist on the River Amazons (1863). Batesian mimicry is named in his honor.

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