Benjamin Dann Walsh: Pioneer Entomologist and Proponent of Darwinian Theory

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 49, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-25

  Sheppard, Carol A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Historical entomology; Illinois; Louis Agassiz; Natural theology; Species concept

Indexed keywords

BIOGRAPHY; ENTOMOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; SPECIES CONCEPT;

ART; EVOLUTION; HISTORY; HUMAN; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; ZOOLOGY;

ENGLAND; ENTOMOLOGY; EVOLUTION; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PORTRAITS; UNITED STATES;

DARWINIA;

EID: 1042291352     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ento.49.061802.123145     Document Type: Review

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