About Frederick Bates
Lived 1829 – 1903 (aged 73). Frederick Bates was a British brewer, naturalist and entomologist.
Frederick Bates (18 November 1829 – 6 October 1903) was a British brewer and entomologist. He specialized in beetles and is known for his substantial collection of Tenebrionoidea (Heteromera). Frederick DuCane Godman purchased this collection of 22,390 specimens; the collection was subsequently sold to the Natural History Museum, London in 1881 and 1897. Until the 1890s, he collected beetle specimens from Great Britain; this collection was later owned by Basil Samuel Williams (nephew of Benjamin Samuel Williams).
Bates was born in Leicester, on 18 November 1829, and died in Chiswick, on 6 October 1903, aged 73.
Taxonomy Prakasha amariformis (1892)
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Who was Frederick Bates?
British brewer and naturalist (1829-1903)
When was Frederick Bates born?
Frederick Bates was born on 18 November 1829 in Leicester.
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Frederick Bates died on 6 October 1903 in Greater London.
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Frederick Bates was a brewer, naturalist and entomologist.
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Frederick Bates was British.
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· DBpedia: Frederick Bates (entomologist)
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