It was with deep interest that my companion and myself, both now about to see and examine the beauties of a tropical country for the first time, gazed on the land where I, at least, eventually spent eleven of the best years of my life.
-- Henry Walter Bates
   
Henry Walter Bates   Name:
Henry Walter Bates
Type:
Environmentalist
Nationality:
English
Birth:
February 8, 1825
Death:
February 16, 1892
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