About Alfred Ernest Wileman
Lived 1860 – 1929 (aged 68). Alfred Ernest Wileman was a British diplomat and lepidopterist.
Alfred Ernest Wileman (27 February 1860 – 15 February 1929) was a British diplomat and entomologist.
Wileman was appointed as the British Vice Consul for the Japanese city of Hakodate and surrounding prefectures in April 1901, and moved to be consul to Taiwan in 1903, and to the then Territory of Hawaii in 1908. In 1909, he was appointed Consul-General to the Philippines (then a United States territory).
Wileman was an accomplished amateur lepidopterist. He is credited with identifying in 1911 Flavinarosa obscura, which is found in Japan.
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British diplomat and entomologist
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Alfred Ernest Wileman was born on 27 February 1860.
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Alfred Ernest Wileman died on 15 February 1929.
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Alfred Ernest Wileman was a diplomat and lepidopterist.
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Alfred Ernest Wileman was British.
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