THE "INSECTS' HOMER" DEAD
The death has occurred, at the age of ninety-two, of Professor Henri Fabre, the well-known French entomologist. Henri Fab re was one of the greatest of naturalists. He was described by Victor Hugo as the "Homer of the Insects," hailed as an incomparable observer by Darwin, his praises sung in eloquent terms by Maeterlinck. Fabre's was a life devoted to research among insects, and to the writing of books. Ten profound and laborious volumes be;-r his name, his work has Ijetm (in-cwiia!! fey i-be I'MnfcHutai »jwi !lS .«*« the; red 4feJ>oe oi the Ugm. ■
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 6, 8 January 1916, Page 14
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97THE "INSECTS' HOMER" DEAD Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 6, 8 January 1916, Page 14
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