Frederick Bates (entomologist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Frederick Bates (entomologist)

British brewer and naturalist

Date of Birth: 18-Nov-1829

Place of Birth: Leicester, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 06-Oct-1903

Profession: naturalist, brewer, entomologist

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Frederick Bates (18 November 1829 – 6 October 1903) was a British brewer and entomologist, known for his collection of Tenebrionoidea (Heteromera).
Frederick DuCane Godman purchased this collection of 22,390 specimens; the collection was subsequently sold to the Natural History Museum, London in 1881 and 1897.
Until the 1890s, he collected beetle specimens from Great Britain; this collection was later owned by Basil Samuel Williams (nephew of Benjamin Samuel Williams).
Bates managed the Eagle Brewery in Leicester before co-founding the Leicester Brewing & Malting Co.
in June 1890.Bates was born in Leicester on 18 November 1829 and died in Chiswick on 6 October 1903.