Dyar, Harrison G. (Harrison Gray), 1866-1929

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Harrison Gray Dyar (1866-1929) was honorary Custodian of the National Museum's collection of lepidoptera for more than thirty years; he served largely as an unpaid curator, although he was briefly on the payroll of the Department of Agriculture. A graduate of Columbia University (Ph.D. 1895), he worked on lepidoptera, especially their larvae; larvae of saw flies, larvae of mosquitoes, and bacteria. Around the turn of the century, interest in mosquito-borne diseases attracted his attention; he and Frederick Knab were responsible for the taxonomic portions of the work on mosquitoes of North and Central America and the West Indies for the volumes published by the Carnegie Institution between 1912 and 1917. He collected and reared insects in New York, Colorado, Florida, British Columbia, Panama, and elsewhere. He was proprietor and editor of Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus, 1913-1927, as well as editor of other publications.

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Scientist and entomologist.

From the description of Papers of Harrison G. Dyar, 1885-1930. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71132172

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creatorOf Dyar, Harrison G. (Harrison Gray), 1866-1929. Papers of Harrison G. Dyar, 1885-1930. Library of Congress
referencedIn Yale Peruvian Expedition papers, 1908-1948 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
creatorOf Beutenmüller, William, 1864-1934. Letter book, 1888 June 11(?)-1894 Nov. 26. American Museum of Natural History
referencedIn William B. Provine collection of evolutionary biology reprints, 20th century. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
creatorOf Dyar, Harrison G. (Harrison Gray), 1866-1929. A classification of lepidopterous larvae. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Yale Peruvian Expedition (1911). Yale Peruvian Expedition papers, 1908-1948 (inclusive). Yale University Library
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associatedWith Beutenmüller, William, 1864-1934. person
associatedWith Dyer family. family
correspondedWith Provine, William B. person
associatedWith United States National Museum. Division of Insects. corporateBody
associatedWith Yale Peruvian Expedition (1911) corporateBody
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Birth 1866-02-14

Death 1929-01-21

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