Ernest Melville DuPorte
Ernest Melville DuPorte was a Canadian entomologist best known for his research in insect morphology. He has been described as a father of confederation for entomology by Robin Stewart.
DuPorte was born in 1891 in Nevis, one of the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean that was then part of the British West Indies. He began his education at the Charlestown Boys Primary School in Charlestown, where he excelled and drew the attention of H.C. Huggins, who awarded him a scholarship for secondary school studies at St. KittsNevis Grammar School in Basseterre.
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