Thomas Vernon Wollaston
English entomologist
Died when: 55 years 301 days (669 months)Star Sign: Pisces
Thomas Vernon Wollaston FLS (9 March 1822 – 4 January 1878) was a prominent English entomologist and malacologist, becoming especially known for his studies of Coleoptera inhabiting several North Atlantic archipelagoes.
He was well-placed socially.His religious beliefs effectively prevented him from supporting Charles Darwin's theories after 1859, but Darwin remained a close friend.
Wollaston supported the theory that continental lands had once extended outward farther to encompass some of the island groups he studied.
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