William Henry Edwards
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- Full name: William Henry Edwards
- Birth: 1822 - Hunter, Estados Unidos
- Decease: 1909 - Coalburg, Estados Unidos
Source(s) of data
- MORAES, Rubens Borba de. Bibliographia Brasiliana. Los Angeles: UCLA; Rio de Janeiro: Kosmos, 1983. 2 v.
- WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION. Wikipédia: a enciclopédia livre. Conteúdo enciclopédico de autoria coletiva. Disponível em: https://www.wikipedia.org.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Edwards
William Henry Edwards (March 15, 1822 – April 2, 1909) was an American businessman and entomologist. He was an industrial pioneer in the coalfields of West Virginia, opening some of the earliest mines in the southern part of the state. He was also a prominent naturalist specializing in the study of butterflies. He wrote The Butterflies of North America, a three-volume treatise that is highly regarded for its scholarship and the quality of its illustrations.
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