# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-vernon-wollaston
# Generated: 2026-08-15T11:03:12.526Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-vernon-wollaston"
name: "Thomas Vernon Wollaston"
slug: "thomas-vernon-wollaston"
description: "Thomas Vernon Wollaston was an English entomologist and malacologist, becoming especially known for his studies of Coleoptera inhabiting several North Atlantic archipelagoes. He was well-placed socially. His religious beliefs effectively prevented him from supporting Charles Darwin's theories after 1859, but Darwin remained a close friend. Wollaston supported the theory that continental lands had once extended outward farther to encompass some of the island groups he studied."
tagline: "English entomologist (1822-1878)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Wollaston_Thomas_Vernon_1877_bugs.jpg/330px-Wollaston_Thomas_Vernon_1877_bugs.jpg"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1822-03-09"
deathDate: "1878-01-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Томас Волластон"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump