Birthdate: February 8, 1825
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Leicester, England
Died: February 16, 1892
Henry Walter Bates, an English naturalist and explorer, is renowned for his groundbreaking research on mimicry in animals. He conducted a notable expedition to the Amazon rainforests with Alfred Russel Wallace, where he identified and documented over 14,712 species, including 8,000 that were previously unknown to science. Bates’ discoveries were documented in his famous book, “The Naturalist on the River Amazons,” establishing him as a pioneering figure in the fields of natural history and exploration.
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