Emily Mary Bowdler Sharpe


Emily Mary Bowdler Sharpe was born on 11 December 1868, was an English entomologist.
Emily Mary Bowdler Sharpe was the eldest of ten daughters of Richard Bowdler Sharpe and Emily Eliza Sharpe. She had 11 sisters and one brother who died in infancy. Initially she worked as a colourist on her fathers books before dedicating herself to the study of butterflies. She worked throughout her life on butterflies, and described many new species.

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