James Wood-Mason
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James Wood-Mason (December 1846 – 6 May 1893) was an English zoologist. He was the director of the Indian Museum at Calcutta, after John Anderson. He collected marine animals and lepidoptera, but is best known for his work on two other groups of insects, phasmids (stick insects) and mantises (praying mantises).
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James Wood-Mason | |
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Born | December 1846 |
Died | 6 May 1893 (aged 47) At sea |
Nationality | English |
Alma mater | Queen's College, Oxford |
Known for | Phasmids and Mantises |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Entomology |
Institutions | Indian Museum, Calcutta |
Doctoral advisor | J.O. Westwood |
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The genus Woodmasonia Brunner, 1907, and at least ten species of phasmids, are named after him.[1]