John Jenner Weir
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1822 – 1894
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Who was John Jenner Weir?
John Jenner Weir, FLS, FZS was an English amateur entomologist, ornithologist and British civil servant. He is best known today for being one of the naturalists who corresponded with and provided important data to both Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace. He played a particularly important role in the formulation of Wallace’s theory of warning colouration. He was also one of the three judges at the first cat show, in Great Britain.
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