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Henry F. Ansell was an English merchant active in the Gabon during the 1870 who traded and collected natural history specimens. While often associated with zoological discoveries, he was primarily a trader rather than a professional zoologist. His field collection led to the discovery of several birds named in his honour, such as the Gabon Coucal (Centropus anselli, Sharpe, 1874) and a subspecies of the Cloud Cisticola (Cisticola textrix anselli).