> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 374](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33265101) of TL-2 Suppl. I > Author links: [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q370308) QID Q370308 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### 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.