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Raffaello Gestro was a prominent Italian entomologist and long-time Director of the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. A leading coleopterist, he described 936 new species and published 147 papers, focusing on Hispine leaf beetles and Scarabaeoidea collected in Africa and Asia. He also served as President of the Società Entomologica Italiana.
Henry Christian Geyer was a translator working in Philadelphia in the last 18th century.
Eugenio Giacomelli was a prominent Italian-Argentine scientist and man of letters recognized for his contributions to natural history, particularly lepidopterology (the study of butterflies and moths) in Argentina. He was described as a visionary scientist and literary figure, noted for his work on regional biology and fauna.