BIOLOGIST

Henry Walter Bates

1825 - 1892

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Henry Walter Bates (8 February 1825 in Leicester – 16 February 1892 in London) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry Walter Bates has received more than 217,588 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Henry Walter Bates is the 192nd most popular biologist (down from 187th in 2019), the 1,097th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,191st in 2019) and the 28th most popular British Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Henry Walter Bates ranks 192 out of 1,097. Before him are Jeffrey C. Hall, Ian Wilmut, Mathurin Jacques Brisson, Eva Ekeblad, Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle, and Daniel Nathans. After him are George Shaw, Asa Gray, Alexander Agassiz, Temple Grandin, Carl Ludwig Willdenow, and Johann Matthäus Bechstein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1825, Henry Walter Bates ranks 17. Before him are Marie of Prussia, Dadabhai Naoroji, Julia, Princess of Battenberg, Eduard Hanslick, Henri Giffard, and Karl Heinrich Ulrichs. After him are Nubar Pasha, Sher Ali Khan, Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia, Mór Jókai, Princess Hildegard of Bavaria, and George Phillips Bond. Among people deceased in 1892, Henry Walter Bates ranks 24. Before him are Tewfik Pasha, Olga Nikolaevna of Russia, Charles Spurgeon, Princess Alexandrine of Prussia, Annibale de Gasparis, and Yoshitoshi. After him are George Biddell Airy, Emin Pasha, Ravachol, Süleyman Hüsnü Pasha, Hervé, and Archduke Karl Salvator of Austria.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Walter Bates ranks 1,097 out of 8,785. Before him are William Henry (1774), Helen McCrory (1968), Seamus Heaney (1939), Joseph Swan (1828), Matilda of Scotland (1080), and Ian Rush (1961). After him are James Dunlop (1793), Patrick Macnee (1922), Brenda Blethyn (1946), Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (1774), Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild (1936), and Roger Scruton (1944).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, Henry Walter Bates ranks 28. Before him are William Bateson (1861), Martin Evans (1941), John Boyd Orr (1880), Anna Atkins (1799), George Robert Gray (1808), and Ian Wilmut (1944). After him are George Shaw (1751), Charles Bell (1774), Oldfield Thomas (1858), J. B. S. Haldane (1892), Thomas Browne (1605), and Joseph Banks (1743).

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