Talk:Henry Walter Bates

Images
I'm trying to procure a suitable image for the article, though I'm not having much luck so far. Richard001 (talk) 21:57, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
 * We finally have one. Now to scan some images from his works... Richard001 (talk) 05:44, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

I thought it best to exchange it for the original photograph. Macdonald-ross (talk) 17:41, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I don't think they are the same picture in different forms if that's what you mean by 'original'. I'll try to upload a black-and-white version of the smaller image from Britannica too. I have also uploaded a high quality version of the Naturalist image: Image:Naturalist on the River Amazons figure 32.png. There are others with Bates in them too; they should all be uploaded within a month at most. I note that the version I have scanned from is almost certainly a truncated one. Would the two volumes one have more/different images, or would they have just truncated some of the text? Richard001 (talk) 06:23, 13 August 2008 (UTC)


 * There is one of his grave at Flickr, . I have asked the uploader if he will release it; in case he doesn't we should get someone in the area to take one of it. Richard001 (talk) 23:22, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

What Bates collected in the Amazon
During his 11-year stay in the Amazon, Henry Walter Bates is reported as having collected over 14000 species of insects, 8000 of them new to science. This was reported by Clodd (1892: lxiv) in an obituary. As an entomologist working in the Amazon, I would say this estimate is reasonable. These numbers are again relected in this article, but they are given for specimens rather than species.Wloveral (talk) 00:09, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Living family of Henry Walter Bates
There are still living relatives of Bates in Leicester. I am one of those Racheal Bailey. Last year I took my son to the storage section of The Natural History Museum in London to view parts of Bates Collection of butterflies. We have books and a few articles regarding him and also i will take a picture to add to the page as the Leicester museum has a plaque dedicated to Bates outside the main entrance. They also have i believe some of his collection. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.17.85.155 (talk) 08:40, 5 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Good to hear from you: I've put a few comments on your own talk page. Macdonald-ross (talk) 10:05, 5 May 2009 (UTC)