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### Author
Bates, Henry Walter (1825-1892), British entomologist, botanist and natural history explorer, educated at Billesden nr. Leicester, apprentice to a hosiery manufacturer in Leicester 1838; became acquainted with A.R. Wallace ca. 1844, with Wallace to the Amazone region 1848, exploring and collecting until 1859, worked on his collection 1859-1864, assistant secretary of the Royal Geographical Society of London 1864-1892, mainly working on entomology.
**Abbreviated name**: *Bates*
#### Herbarium and types
Some orchids in the Reichenbach fil. herbarium in [[Collection W|W]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 1: 137; BB p. 24; BM 1: 109; Desmond p. 46 (b. 8 Feb 1825, Leicester, d. 16 Feb 1892, London); DNB supl. 1.1: 141-144; DSB 1: 500-504 (H.L. McKinney, main biogr.); Ewan ed. 1: 107; IH 2: 59; Kew 1: 176; ME 3: 297; PR 473; Rehder 1: 342; Tucker 1: 62.
#### Biofile
- A.R.W., Nature 45(1165): 398-399. 25 Feb 1892 (obit., d. 16 Feb 1892).
- Allan, H., The Hookers of Kew 195-196. 1967.
- Alston, A.H.G., Geogr. J. 112(1-3): 1-3. 1948 (biogr. sketch, portr.).
- Anon., Leopoldina 28: 59. 1892 (obit. not.); Proc. Linn. Soc. London 1893 (Oct): 61-62; The manuscript papers of British Scientists 1600-1940. 7. 1989.
- Barber, L., The heyday of natural history 1820-1870, p. 59, 67, 222, 232, 266, 268. 1980.
- Beddall, B.G., Wallace and Bates in the tropics: an introduction to the theory of natural selection. 1969 (241 p.).
- Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 207.11, 224.14, 229.209, 262.8, 273.10. 1980.
- Carpenter, M.M., Bibl. biogr. entomologists 6. 1945.
- Edey, M.A. and D.C. Johanson, Blueprints solving the mystery of evolution 75, 77, 81. 1989.
- Gilbert, P., Comp. biogr. lit. deceased entom. 22. 1977 (17 refs. to biographical lit.).
- Huxley, L., Life letters J.D. Hooker 1: 498, 2: 460. 1928.
- Moon, H.P., Henry Walter Bates, F.R.S. 1825-1892, explorer, scientist and Darwinian, Leicester Museum. 1977, 95 p. (rev. P.J.P. Whitehead, J. Soc. Bibl. nat. Hist. 8(3): 327. 1977).
- Musgrave, A., Bibl. Austral. entomology 16. 1932 (bibl.).
- Nordenskiöld, E., Hist. biology 485. 1935.
- Rowley, G.D., Nat. Cact. Succ. J., Gr. Brit. 21(4): 107. 1966 (portr.).
- Sharp, D., Entomologist 25: 77-80. 1892 (biogr. sketch, portr.).
- Stearn, W.T., Nat. Hist. Mus. S. Kensington 209. 1981.
- Woodcock, C., Henry Walter Bates, naturalist of the Amazons, London 1969, 269 p.
### Publications
##### n.20.380. The naturalist on the river Amazons
**Title**
*The naturalist on the river Amazons*, a record of adventures, habits of animals, sketches of Brazilian and Indian life, and aspects of nature under the equator, during eleven years of travel... London (John Murray,...) 1863, 2 vols. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Naturalist Amazons*.
**Notes**
*Ed. 1*: 1863 (preface vol. 1: Jan 1863). *Copies*: G, MO, NY, U, Wurdack.
*1*: 1863, frontisp., p. \[i, iii\], iv-viii, \[ix\], \[1\]-351, map, *17* unnumb. *pl*.
*2*: 1863, frontisp., p. \[i, iii\], iv-vi, \[1\]-423, *22* unnumb. *pl*. (incl. text ills.).
*German translation*: 1866, p. \[i, iii, v\], vi, \[vii\], folded map, \[1\]-416, *7* unnumb. *pl. Copy*: Smithsonian Institution. − *Der Naturforscher am Amazonenstrom*. Leben der Thiere, Sitten und Gebräuche der Bewohner, Schilderungen der Natur unter dem Aequator und Abenteuer während eines elfjährigen Aufenthalts... Leipzig (Dyk'sche Buchhandlung) 1866. Oct. (*Naturf. Amaz.-Strom*).
*Further editions*: editions 2-6 were abbreviated versions, not followed-up by us. A Russian translation appeared in St. Petersburg 1865, id. Danish at Landskrona 1872. − See e.g. Junk, W., Rara 1: 51. 1900-1913.