# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
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# Generated: 2026-08-15T15:38:18.374Z

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name: "Edmond de Selys Longchamps"
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description: "Baron Michel Edmond de Selys Longchamps was a Belgian Liberal Party politician and scientist. Selys Longchamps has been regarded as the founding figure of odonatology, the study of the dragonflies and damselflies. His wealth and influence enabled him to amass one of the finest collections of neuroptera insects and to describe many species from around the world. His collection is housed in the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences."
tagline: "Belgian politician and zoologist (1813–1900)"
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birthDate: "1813-05-25"
deathDate: "1900-12-11"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
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