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Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Jardine, Nigel Kennedy
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Description area
Dates of existence
1888-1947
History
Nigel K. Jardine was a British writer of the early 20th century and a Fellow of the Entomological Society of London. He is chiefly known for producing the influential 1913 reference work The Dictionary of Entomology. His scholarship focused on assembling the origins, definitions, and standardized terminology used to describe insect anatomy and related characteristics.