Edmond de Sélys Longchamps
Politician, scientist
Died when: 87 years 200 days (1050 months)Star Sign: Gemini
Baron Michel Edmond de Selys Longchamps (25 May 1813 – 11 December 1900) was a Belgian Liberal Party politician and scientist.Selys Longchamps has been regarded as the founding figure of odonatology, the study of the dragonflies and damselflies.
His wealth and influence enabled him to amass one of the finest collections of neuropteroid insects and to describe many species from around the world.
His collection is housed in the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences.
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