User:Notafly

“Is not life a hundred times too short to bore ourselves?”
— Friedrich Nietzsche

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This user is a native speaker of the English language.

“In der Beschränkung zeigt sich erst der Meister” Natur und Kunst
— Goethe

ACADEMIC JOURNAL

This user has had his/her work published in an academic journal.

This user is a member of
WikiProject Lepidoptera

This user is a participant in WikiProject
History of Science.

This user is a member of WikiProject Insects.

Interests

I have been contributing to Wikipedia since July 2005 and deal with topics on entomology, mainly on Diptera, Hymenoptera and Lepidoptera. I return to an early interest in Snow Butterflies Parnassius from time to time. Many years working with type material led to an interest in zoological entomological history. I hope you like Timeline of Entomology and its mirror the wonderful French sites Portail:Histoire de la zoologie et de la botanique. [1] and Histoire de Histoire Naturelle

Philosophy

Influences

Erasmus Darwin (Zoonomia)and the Midlands Enlightenment. The Derby Philosophical Society.
Derby Museum and Art Gallery

Education

Ilkeston Grammar School
College of Technology, Derby
University College

External degrees with:

University College

Upper second Honours Geology, Classical Zoology

Societies

F.R.E.S., F.L.S

Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog by Caspar David Friedrich (One of my favorite paintings)
Great Gallery of Evolution in Jardin des Plantes, Paris (One of my favourite places)