John Obadiah Westwood
1805
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1893
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: University of Oxford
occupation: lepidopterist, archaeologist, illustrator, scientific illustrator
award received: Royal medal, Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society, Fellow of the Linnean Society of London
official website: www.lib.ncsu.edu/exhibits/westwood
John Obadiah Westwood (22 December 1805 – 2 January 1893) was an English entomologist and archaeologist also noted for his artistic talents. He published several illustrated works on insects and antiquities. He was among the first entomologists with an academic position at Oxford University. He was a natural theologian, staunchly anti-Darwinian, and sometimes adopted a quinarian viewpoint. Although he never travelled widely, he described species from around the world on the basis of specimens, especially of the larger, curious, and colourful species, obtained by naturalists and collectors in England. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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