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Naturalist who traversed the Amazon rainforest and noted animal mimicry.By recording the different ways rainforest animals and insects imitated other life forms or inanimate objects, he lent further support to the theory of evolution.One of the goals of his journey was to find evidence for Charles Darwin theory on the origin of species.
BEFORE FAMEHe accompanied the expedition of Alfred Russel Wallace, his mentor and teacher, to the tropics.
PERSONAL LIFEHe was born in Leicester into a middle class family.
The meaning of the name Bates: Son Of Bartholemew FUN FACTSExplorer Henry Walter Bates were born on Tuesday, birthstone is Amethyst, the seaon was Winter in the Chinese year of , it is 32 days until Henry Walter Bates next birthday.
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