William Francis de Vismes Kane

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Sir William Francis de Vismes Kane, Esq. (1840 à Exmouth, Devon - 1918) est un entomologiste irlandais. Né à Exmouth d’une mère française, Kane a vécu à Drumreaske House à Monaghan. Kane constitue l'essentiel de sa collection à Monaghan mais sa collection comporte des insectes provenant de toute l’Irlande. Il collecte aussi des échantillons dans toute l’Europe et confectionne une collection de papillons du monde. Après 1901, Kane arrête l’entomologie et laisse sa collection au Musée national d'Irlande. rdf:langString

William Francis de Vismes Kane (1840 – 1918) was an Irish entomologist Born in Exmouth, Devon Kane lived at Drumreaske House in Monaghan. His mother was French. He was appointed Sheriff of Monaghan for 1865. rdf:langString

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rdf:langString Sir William Francis de Vismes Kane, Esq. (1840 à Exmouth, Devon - 1918) est un entomologiste irlandais. Né à Exmouth d’une mère française, Kane a vécu à Drumreaske House à Monaghan. Kane constitue l'essentiel de sa collection à Monaghan mais sa collection comporte des insectes provenant de toute l’Irlande. Il collecte aussi des échantillons dans toute l’Europe et confectionne une collection de papillons du monde. Après 1901, Kane arrête l’entomologie et laisse sa collection au Musée national d'Irlande.

rdf:langString William Francis de Vismes Kane (1840 – 1918) was an Irish entomologist Born in Exmouth, Devon Kane lived at Drumreaske House in Monaghan. His mother was French. He was appointed Sheriff of Monaghan for 1865. Most of Kanes collecting was in Monaghan and at Favour Royal in County Tyrone but his collection contains insects from the entirety of Ireland. He also collected extensively in Europe as well as maintaining an extensive collection of world butterflies. After 1901, Kane, a leisured country gentleman, suddenly gave up entomology and left Ireland, leaving his collection to the National Museum of Ireland.

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