Henk Wolda

{{Short description|Dutch entomologist (born 1940)}}

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Henk Wolda (born 25 May 1931) is a Dutch entomologist.{{cite book | last=van de Kaa | first=D.J. | last2=de Roo | first2=Y. | title=De Leden Van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie Van Wetenschappen: Een Demografisch Perspectief: 1808 Tot 2008 | publisher=Koninklijke Nederlandse | series=Bijdragen Tot de Geschiedenis Van de KNAW Series | year=2008 | isbn=978-90-6984-552-4 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gzNvCGJEGCYC | language=nl | access-date=2024-02-24 | page=362}} He was an employee at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama, where he studied insects.{{cite web|url=https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_252229 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221002062755/https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_252229 |title=Accession 95-018 Wolda, Henk Henk Wolda Papers, circa 1974-1990 |language=en |publisher=Smithsonian Institution Archives |date= |archive-date=2 October 2022}} During the 1980s he was one of the top publishers on biodiversity based in Panama.{{cite book | last=Bonilla | first=K. | last2=Serafim | first2=M.P. | last3=Echeverría-King | first3=L.F.F. | last4=Karacan | first4=D.B. | last5=Ololade | first5=O.O. | last6=Pandey | first6=N. | last7=Mabotha | first7=T. | last8=Basaleem | first8=H.O. | last9=Dajani | first9=R. | last10=Babalola | first10=O.O. | title=Engaging Scientific Diasporas for Development: Policy and Practices | publisher=Frontiers Media SA | year=2023 | isbn=978-2-8325-1360-6 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_rSqEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA130 | access-date=2024-02-17 | page=130}} His papers from circa 1974 to 1990 are kept in the Smithsonian Institution Archives. His insect collection is held at the STRI, and derived from performing light trapping techniques, with large numbers coming from Barro Colorado Island.{{cite web|url=https://panamabiota.org/stri/collections/misc/collprofiles.php?collid=22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204065535/https://panamabiota.org/stri/collections/misc/collprofiles.php?collid=22 |title=Henk Wolda Insect Collection (STRI-HWIC) |language=en |publisher=Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute |date= |archive-date=4 December 2023}}{{cite book | last=Arnett | first=R.H. | last2=Samuelson | first2=G.A. | last3=Nishida | first3=G.M. | title=The Insect & Spider Collections of the World | publisher=CRC Press | series=CRC Press Revivals | year=2019 | isbn=978-1-000-69700-1 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xjC3DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT136 | access-date=2024-02-17 | page=136}}

Wolda was born in Wageningen. He was elected a corresponding member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1980.{{cite web|url=https://www.knaw.nl/leden/wolda |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240217151709/https://www.knaw.nl/leden/wolda |title=Henk Wolda |language=nl |publisher=Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences |date= |archive-date=17 February 2024}} After his retirement he lived in Bellevue, Washington, United States.