About Thomas Desvignes
Lived 1812 – 1868 (aged 55–56). Thomas Desvignes was an entomologist.
Thomas Desvignes (1812 – 11 May 1868) was an English entomologist who specialised in Hymenoptera. He wrote Catalogue of British Ichneumonidae in the collection of the British Museum (London) and many scientific papers describing new species. Desvignes was a member of the Entomological Society of London from 1849. His collection of Ichneumonidae is in the Natural History Museum, London.
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British entomologist
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Thomas Desvignes was born in 1812.
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Thomas Desvignes died on 11 May 1868.
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Thomas Desvignes was an entomologist.
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