Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p George Carter Bignell (1 March 1826 – 1 March 1910) was an English entomologist. He was born in Exeter on 1 March 1826. He left school at the age of 12 to become a bookings clerk but joined the Royal Marines when he was 16. He joined HMS Superb, one of the last all-wooden, all-sailing, ships-of-the-line to serve in the Royal Navy. He saw action in the Portuguese “Little Civil War” in 1847, as part of a British squadron sent to support Queen Maria II.. }
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- George_Carter_Bignell comment "George Carter Bignell (1 March 1826 – 1 March 1910) was an English entomologist. He was born in Exeter on 1 March 1826. He left school at the age of 12 to become a bookings clerk but joined the Royal Marines when he was 16. He joined HMS Superb, one of the last all-wooden, all-sailing, ships-of-the-line to serve in the Royal Navy. He saw action in the Portuguese “Little Civil War” in 1847, as part of a British squadron sent to support Queen Maria II.".