Authorised form of name | Bates; Henry Walter (1825 - 1892) |
Dates | 1825 - 1892 |
Nationality | British |
Place of birth | Leicester, England |
Date of birth | 08 February 1825 |
Place of death | London |
Date of death | 16 February 1892 |
Research field | Entomology |
Activity | Career: Apprenticed to a hosier in Leicester; travelled to the Amazon with Alfred Russel Wallace (FRS 1893) (1848); returned to England (1859); published 'Naturalist on the River Amazons' (1863); died of bronchitis Memberships: FLS; FGS;
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Membership category | Fellow |
Date of election | 02/06/1881 |
Relationships | Son of Henry Bates, hosiery manufacturer of Leicester; married (1861) Sarah Ann Mason of Leicester |
Source | Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB References: A Cohen, 'Roland Trimen and the merope harem' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 205-218 |
Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/44447548 |
Code | NA6625 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNo | Title | Date |
EC/1881/09 | Bates, Henry Walter: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
MC/8/237 | Letter from H W [Henry Walter] Bates, Royal Geographical Society, 15 Whitehall Place, to the Royal Society | 3 August 1868 |
MC/9/563 | Letter from H W [Henry Walter] Bates, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society, 1 Savile Row, Burlington Gardens, to Professor T H [Thomas Henry] Huxley, Secretary of the Royal Society | 24 May 1873 |
MC/9 | Volume 9 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1870-June 1873 |
MC/8 | Volume 8 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1867-1869 |