Edward Edward Wotton

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Edward Edward Wotton (1492-1552) was an English physician credited with starting the modern study of zoology, by separating out much of the fanciful and folkloric additions that had been added over time to the body of zoological knowledge.

• Gesner was partly responsible for Insectorum, sive, Minimorum animalium theatrum or Theatre of Insects, This work was written jointly by Conrad Gesner (posthumously), Edward Wotton, Thomas Muffet and Thomas Penny

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• Theatre of Insects
• Online version of Insectorvm Sive Minimorum Animalivm Theatrvm from GDZ