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Robert H. F. Rippon

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Robert Henry Fernando Rippon (c. 1836[1] – 16 January 1917[2]) was an English zoologist, entomologist and illustrator. He was a musician for a while but took a keen amateur interest in entomology and published a major multi-volume work on the birdwing butterflies, the Icones Ornithopterum (1898-1906). He also wrote Lilliebright; or, Wisdom and Folly: A Fairy Tale, and Other Tales (1856), and a semi-autobiographical novel, Victor; Or, Lessons of Life. a Tale Founded on Fact (1864).[2]

  1. ^ A.H. Kirk-Spriggs (February 1995). "Robert Henry Fernando Rippon (ca 1836–1917), naturalist and zoological illustrator". Archives of Natural History. 22 (1): 97–118. doi:10.3366/ANH.1995.22.1.97. ISSN 0260-9541. Wikidata Q29391498.
  2. ^ a b E. Charles Nelson (April 2017). "Robert Henry Fernando Rippon: some additional biographical notes". Archives of Natural History. 44 (1): 176–178. doi:10.3366/ANH.2017.0427. ISSN 0260-9541. Wikidata Q96175642.

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