Timeline of entomology – 1850–1900

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1850

William Saunders. Saunders William 1836-1914.jpg
William Saunders.

1851

1852

1853

Francis Walker. Walker Francis 1809-1874.jpg
Francis Walker.

1854

1855

1856

1857

1858

1859

1860

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A. R. Wallace in Singapore

1861

1863

1864

First appearance of the Entomologist's Monthly Magazine in England together with the reappearance of the Entomologist indicates a surge of entomology in England.

1865

1866

1867

1868

1869

1870

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Frederick DuCane Godman

1871

1872

1874

1875

1876

1878

1879

Osbert Salvin. Salvin Osbert 1835-1898.jpg
Osbert Salvin.

1880

1881

1882

1883

1884

1886

1887

1898

1889

1891

1892

1893

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William Harris Ashmead.

1894

Ernst Haeckel (left) with Nicholai Miklukho-Maklai, his assistant, in the Canaries, 1866. Ernst Haeckel and von Miclucho-Maclay 1866.jpg
Ernst Haeckel (left) with Nicholai Miklukho-Maklai, his assistant, in the Canaries, 1866.

1895

1897

1898

"Der Doktor Schnabel von Rom" (English: "Doctor Beak of Rome") engraving by Paul Furst (after J Columbina). The beak is a primitive gas mask, stuffed with substances (such as spices and herbs) thought to ward off the plague. Doktorschnabel 430px.jpg
"Der Doktor Schnabel von Rom" (English: "Doctor Beak of Rome") engraving by Paul Fürst (after J Columbina). The beak is a primitive gas mask, stuffed with substances (such as spices and herbs) thought to ward off the plague.

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Postcard 1884

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