1846 - 1922
Henry John Elwes British Scientist
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| First Name |
Henry
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| Middle Name |
John
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| Last Name |
Elwes
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| Birthday |
16th May, 1846
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| Birthplace |
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
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| Died |
26th November, 1922
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| Place of Death |
England
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| Zodiac Sign |
Taurus
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| Nationality |
British
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| Occupation |
Scientist
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Henry John Elwes, FRS (16 May 1846 – 26 November 1922) was a British botanist, entomologist, author, lepidopterist, collector and traveller who became renowned for collecting specimens of lilies during trips to the Himalaya and Korea. He was one of the first group of 60 people to receive the Victoria Medal of the Royal Horticultural Society in 1897. Author of Monograph of the Genus Lilium (1880), and The Trees of Great Britain & Ireland (1906–1913) with Augustine Henry, as well as numerous articles, he left a collection of 30,000 butterfly specimens to the Natural History Museum, including 11,370 specimens of Palaearctic butterflies.
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