Biology
Alpheraky, Sergei Nikolaevich (1850-1918)
The outstanding Russian lepidopterist Sergei Nikolaevich Alpheraky, a Honorary Member of the RES, was a contemporary of N. M. Romanoff. Having entered the Moscow University in 1867, he abandoned it in 1869, for his desire to study Lepidoptera... — full article
Bates, Henry Walter (1825-1892)
English naturalist and explorer. He and Alfred Russel Wallace left England in 1848 to explore and collect insects in the Amazon basin in what was to become incredibly valuable explorations and insights into natural history and evolution for... — full article
Drenowski, Alexander Kirilow (1879-1967)
Alexander Kirilow Drenowski was born on 22 July 1879 in Ruse. He graduated secondary school in Ruse, and higher school in the University of Sofia in 1903 (Natural Sciences). His teacher in natural history was W. Kowatschew, the famous naturalist,... — full article
Elwes, Henry John (1846-1922)
Henry John Elwes was one of the greatest traveller-naturalists who have done so much to increase our knowledge of natural history in all branches. A man of means, and possessing great energy and self-confidence, he began when quite young a succession... — full article
Fruhstorfer, Hans (1866-1922)
Hans Fruhstorfer was born in Passau, Germany on 7 March 1866. He was a man of genial disposition and of untiring energy and his boundless entomological enthusiasm was devoted almost entirely to the butterflies. He had (during the beginning of... — full article
Godman, Frederick DuCane (1834-1919)
Frederick DuCane Godman was one of the great naturalists in the mid-Victorian epoch. As a boy he appears to have been delicate, and, in fact, was removed from Eton at an early age for this reason. Yet he lived to complete his eighty-fifth year,... — full article
Grumm-Grshimailo, Grigorii Efimovich (1860-1936)
A great contribution to Russian and world entomology was made by Grigorii Efimovich Grumm-Grshimailo, a prominent lepidopterist, traveller, geographer and ethnographer. He was born in St. Petersburg, and his interest in entomology appeared when... — full article
Korshunov, Yuri Petrovich (1933-2002)
Yuri P. Korshunov was born on 22 September 1933 in Chernorechka Village near Novosibirsk. The family soon moved to Novosibirsk. His mother's ancestors were migrants from the Volga region, his father's ones were from the Samara region. Korshunov's... — full article
Oberthuer, Charles (1845-1924)
Born at Rennes in 1845, Charles Oberthuer was a son of the founder of the celebrated printing firm which bore his name, and of which for many years he was chairman. Previous to the removal of the family from Strasbourg and its establishment... — full article
Rowland-Brown, Henry (1865-1921)
Henry Rowland-Brown was born at Woodridings, Pinner, on 19 May 1865. He was educated at Rugby; at school he was a noted athlete, and winner of the record quarter-mile. After leaving Rugby he proceeded to University College, Oxford, where he... — full article