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Thomas Vernon Wollaston

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English entomologist (1822-1878)

Lived 1822 to 1878 · aged 55
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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.

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Plate from Wollaston's Coleoptera Sanctæ-Helenæ (1877)Plate from Wollaston's Coleoptera Sanctæ-Helenæ (1877)

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Fellow of the Linnean Society of London

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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.

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Lived 1822 to 1878 · aged 55
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