Edward Edward Wotton (1492-1552) English physician created 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

External links

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

1492 births | 1552 deaths | Edward Edward Wotton