Thomas Penny

Thomas Penny (1532–January 1589) was an English physician and early entomologist. His solo works have not survived and he is primarily known through quotations from other sixteenth century biologists. It is believed that he broke with Aristotle on classification of caterpillars. He was also a Puritan and as such kept a low profile during the reign of Queen Mary I of England. He is perhaps best known for being partly responsible for the Insectorum, sive, Minimorum animalium theatrum or Theatre of Insects. This work was written jointly by Conrad Gessner (posthumously), Edward Edward Wotton, Thomas Muffet, and Thomas Penny.^[1]

References

^ Thomas Penny the first English Entomologist by W. T. W. Potts and L. Fear. article at the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society

D. E. Allen, ‘Penny, Thomas (c.1530–1589)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004

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Name	Penny, Thomas
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Date of birth	1532
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Date of death	1589
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