Henry Edwards (entomologist)

Henry Edwards , known as Harry, was an Englishborn stage actor, writer and entomologist who gained fame in Australia, San Francisco and New York City for his theater work.

Henry Edwards was born to Hannah and Thomas Edwards at Brook House in RossonWye, Herefordshire, England, on August 27, 1827, and was christened on September 14. From his older brother William, he picked up an interest in examining insects. He collected butterflies as a hobby, and studied them under the tutelage of Edward Doubleday. His solicitor father intended a law career for his son, but after a brief period of unsuccessful study, Edwards took a position at a counting house in London, and began acting in amateur theater. He then journeyed to join his brother William who had settled in Australia, nine miles northwest of Melbourne along the bank of Merri Creek, a location then called Merrivale. Aboard the sailing ship Ganges from March to June 1853, he wrote descriptions of creatures such as the albatross that he encountered for the first time. After arriving in Melbourne, Edwards began collecting and cataloging the insects he found on his brothers land, and further afield. Within t

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