Barber, G. W. (George W.)

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Active 1926
Active 1948

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Entomologist. Full name: George Ware Barber. Born 1890; died 1948.

From the description of G.W. Barber papers, 1926-1948. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71131102

Biographical Note

1890, Aug. 3 Born, Hyde Park, Mass. 1913 B.S., Massachusetts Agricultural College, Amherst, Mass. 1914 Researcher, Bureau of Entomology, Department of Agriculture 1917 1919 Lieutenant of cavalry, U.S. Army, during World War I 1919 Married Estelle Hulse circa 1920 1945 Scientific investigations focused on the European corn borer and corn earworm, Department of Agriculture 1927 Sc.D., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 1936 1942 Discovered and developed oil-insecticide treatment of sweet corn and seed corn for the control of the corn borer 1945 Retired from government service circa 1945 1948 Studied the toxicity of insecticides such as DDT, Rutgers University, Brunswick, N.J. 1948, Dec. 5 Died, New York, N.Y.

From the guide to the G. W. Barber Papers, 1926-1948, (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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Subjects:

  • Corn
  • Entomology
  • Insect pests

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  • Entomologists

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