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THE ENTOMOLOGIST Evelyn Cheesman

What'sHerName by Dr. Katie Nelson and Olivia Meikle

May 13, 202661:58Society & Culture

Over the course of her 87 years, self-taught British entomologist Evelyn Cheesman went on eight solo insect-collecting expeditions across the South Pacific, collected almost 100,000 specimens, identified dozens (possibly...

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THE ENTOMOLOGIST Evelyn Cheesman is an episode from What'sHerName by Dr. Katie Nelson and Olivia Meikle. Over the course of her 87 years, self-taught British entomologist Evelyn Cheesman went on eight solo insect-collecting expeditions acro...

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Published May 13, 2026, 61:58 long, audio available.

THE ENTOMOLOGIST Evelyn Cheesman

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