John O. Westwood
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John Obadiah Westwood was an English entomologist and archaeologist noted for his artistic talents. He published several illustrated works on insects and antiquities. He was among the first entomologi
Westwood, c. 1850
Westwood holding a Goliath beetle
John Obadiah Westwood by Ernest Edwards 1864
Westwood in later life
Edward Bagnall Poulton
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Sir Edward Bagnall Poulton, FRS HFRSE FLS was a British evolutionary biologist, a lifelong advocate of natural selection through a period in which many scientists such as Reginald Punnett doubted its
John O. Westwood
…to combat the errors of Darwinism". He considered mimetic resemblances of insects as freaks of nature. Westwood was succeeded in the Hope chair by E.B. Poulton who adopted evolutionary views. Westwood was among the first to attempt an estimate of the total number of species of insects which he put at half a…
Photograph by James Lafayette
The Colours of Animals, 1890, introduced terms including "aposematic".
Warning coloration of the "Brazilian Skunk" in The Colours of Animals: Poulton introduced the term aposematism in the book.
Poulton with the Entomological Society in 1904 (sitting, centre)