About William Henry Benson
Lived 1803 – 1870 (aged 66–67). William Henry Benson was a British zoologist, malacologist and entomologist.
William Henry Benson (30 March 1803 – 27 January 1870) was a civil servant in British India and a pioneer malacologist. He made large collections of molluscs and described over 470 species, mainly from India, Sri Lanka, Burma and South Africa. Batillaria (Benson in Cantor, 1842) Diplommatina (Benson, 1849) Streptaulus (Benson, 1857) Dioryx (Benson, 1859) Clostophis (Benson, 1860) Rhiostoma (Benson, 1860)
Species: Carinaria cithara (Benson, 1835) Carinaria galea (Benson, 1835) Indrella ampulla (Benson, 1850)
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Who was William Henry Benson?
Irish zoologist (1803–1870)
When was William Henry Benson born?
William Henry Benson was born in 1803 in Saint Helier.
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William Henry Benson died on 27 January 1870 in Cheltenham.
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William Henry Benson was a zoologist, malacologist and entomologist.
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William Henry Benson was British.
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