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Henry John Elwes

English botanist, entomologist, author, lepidopterist, collector and traveller (1846-1922)

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Henry John Elwes, FRS was a British botanist, entomologist, author, lepidopterist, collector and traveller who became renowned for collecting specimens of lilies during trips to the Himalaya and Korea. He was one of the first group of 60 people to receive the Victoria Medal of the Royal Horticultural Society in 1897. Author of Monograph of the Genus Lilium (1880), and The Trees of Great Britain & Ireland (1906–1913) with Augustine Henry, as well as numerous articles, he left a collection of 30,000 butterfly specimens to the Natural History Museum, including 11,370 specimens of Palaearctic butterflies.

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Occupation: botanist, entomologist, lepidopterist, ornithologist
Position held: President of the British Ornithological Union, President of the Royal Entomological Society
Citizenship: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
Born: May 16, 1846, 1846
Died: November 26, 1922

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The trees of Great Britain & Ireland A monograph of the genus Lilium The Trees of Great Britain & Ireland. Volume II The Trees of Great Britain & Ireland. Volume VI The Trees of Great Britain & Ireland. Volume I President of the British Ornithological Union President of the Royal Entomological Society

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