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To a rough approximation, and setting aside vertebrate chauvinism, it can be said that essentially all organisms are insects.

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Robert May, Baron May of Oxford

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Born: January 8, 1936
Died: April 28, 2020 (aged 84)
Bio: Robert McCredie May, Baron May of Oxford was an Australian scientist who has been Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government, President of the Royal Society, and a Professor at Sydney and Princeton.
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