Biographies of the Entomologists of the World
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Name:
Wilson, Thomas Bellerby
Date of birth:
1807-00-00
Date of death:
1856-00-00
Gender:
male
Collection:
Hinterlassene Sammlung (speziell Diptera von Nordamerika) an Amer. Ent. Soc. Philadelphia. Hierzu gibt es unterschiedliche Angaben. 1. Brief von T. T. Cresson (2.9.1936) an W. Horn: 'His collection of birds given to the Acad. N. H. Phil. 1860. No record of his collection of Insects!'. 2. Weiss, H. B. in: 'The pioneer century of American Entomology', p. 299-300; 1936: 'After his death Rathmel Wilson, his brother and executor, presented the Society with Dr. Wilson's entire entomological collection of 18873 species and his library.'
Updated:
2016-01-27 14:20:38
Data recorder:
Eckhard K. Groll