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Interests
I have been contributing to Wikipedia since July 2005 and deal with topics on entomology, mainly on Diptera, Hymenoptera and Lepidoptera. I return to an early interest in Snow Butterflies Parnassius from time to time. Many years working with type material led to an interest in zoological entomological history.I hope you like Timeline of Entomology and it's mirror the wonderful French sites Portail:Histoire de la zoologie et de la botanique. [1] and Histoire de Histoire Naturelle
Philosophy
Influences
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Erasmus Darwin (Zoonomia)and the Midlands Enlightenment. The Derby Philosophical Society.
Education
External degrees with:
Upper second Honours Geology, Classical Zoology
Societies
F.R.E.S., F.L.S
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Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog by Caspar David Friedrich (One of my favorite paintings)
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Great Gallery of Evolution in Jardin des Plantes, Paris (One of my favourite places)
Tools
- GDZ Library of the University of Göttingen digitised early literature Zoologica
- The Global Butterfly Information System
- Strasbourg Library
- Senckenberg
- Dusseldorf Library
- PaDil
- MNHN collections database
- World birds
- Zoonomen