Quote of the day
Often and often afterwards, the beloved Aunt would ask me why I had never told anyone how I was being treated. Children tell little more than animals, for what comes to them they accept as eternally established.
Henry Walter Bates
Born: February 8, 1825
Died: February 16, 1892 (aged 67)
Bio: Henry Walter Bates was an English naturalist and explorer who gave the first scientific account of mimicry in animals. He was most famous for his expedition to the rainforests of the Amazon with Alfred Russel Wallace, starting in 1848.
Known for:
- The Naturalist on the River Amazons (1863)
- In the Heart of the Amazon Forest
- Illustrated travels (1869)