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Henry Walter Bates war ein englischer Naturforscher, Evolutionsbiologe und Entomologe. Er wurde berühmt durch seine Amazonas-Expedition, die er zusammen mit Alfred Russel Wallace 1848 begann. Bates schickte bis zu seiner Rückkehr aus Brasilien 1859 mehr als 14.000 Arten, von denen 8.000 für die Wissenschaft neu waren, nach England. Er war ...
Henry Walter Bates FRS FLS FGS (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.
H.W. Bates, British naturalist and explorer whose demonstration of the operation of natural selection in animal mimicry (the imitation by a species of other life-forms or of inanimate objects), published in 1862, gave firm support to Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution. Learn more about his life and career.
Self-taught British entomologist Henry Walter Bates spent 11 years collecting butterflies in the Amazon in Brazil. He braved all kinds of perils from wildlife, weather and disease. Because he spent much of his time along the river, disease-carrying mosquitoes and many other wild animals - including caimans, snakes and piranhas - would have been ...
31. Juli 2020 · Der britische Naturforscher Henry Walter Bates war Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts elf Jahre lang am Amazonas unterwegs. Auf seinen Exkursionen entdeckte er Tausende neue Tierarten. Bis heute ...
Bates [be i ts], Henry Walter, engl. Naturforscher und Forschungsreisender, *8. 2. 1825 Leicester, †16. 2. 1892 London; ursprünglich Kaufmann, Autodidakt; unternahm 1848–59 mit A.R. Wallace eine Reise nach Brasilien
Henry Walter Bates, a trusted companion of Alfred Russel Wallace, travelled to Amazonia in 1848, where he became fascinated by close similarities in appearance between unrelated butterflies. Bates was to spend a total of 11 years in Amazonia, a vast network of largely unexplored major rivers and their tributaries set in the world’s largest ...
