Stanford University entomological collection : records, 1891-1929.

Needham, James G. (James George), 1868-1957

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James G. Needham was born on March 16, 1868 in Virginia, Illinois. He studied with John Henry Comstock at Cornell University, 1896-1898. From 1898-1907 he taught biology at Lake Forest University and then returned to Cornell as assistant professor of limnology. In 1914 when Professor Comstock retired, Needham succeeded him as head of the Department of Entomology at Cornell, a position he held until his retirement in 1935. He published numerous scientific articles, educational papers, and textboo...

Henshaw, Samuel, 1852-1941

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Henshaw was an entomologist and served as Director of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University from 1912 to 1927. From the description of Additional Letters from various correspondents, 1849-1931. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 83225093 From the guide to the Additional letters from various correspondents, 1849-1931., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Gilbert White (1720-1793) was a pioneering British naturalist...

Nuttall, George Henry Falkiner, 1862-1937

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Greeley, Arthur White

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Wheeler, William Morton, 1865-1937

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Wheeler (Clark Univ., Ph. D., 1892) taught entomology at Harvard and was Dean of the Bussey Institution. From the description of Papers of William Morton Wheeler, 1884-1980 (inclusive) 1884-1937 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972925 ...

Howard, L.O. (Leland Ossian), 1857-1950

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Leland Ossian Howard was a biologist and entomologist. He was Chief of the United States Bureau of Entomology (1894-1927). From the description of Papers, 1877-1940s. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122539991 From the guide to the L. O. (Leland Ossian) Howard papers, 1877-1940s, 1877-1949, (American Philosophical Society) ...

Aldrich, John Merton, 1866-1934

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J.M. Aldrich, entomologist, was custodian of Diptera and associate curator of insects, National Museum of Natural History (U.S.), 1919-1934. Charles Willison Johnson, malacologist and entomologist, was principal curator, Boston Society of Natural History, 1903-1932. Frank Eugene Lutz, entomologist, was curator and chairman, Dept. of Entomology, American Museum of Natural History, 1921-1943. From the description of Correspondence, 1925 Mar. 31-1925...

Kellogg, Vernon L. (Vernon Lyman), 1867-1937

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American zoologist; officer in relief organizations in Europe during World War I. From the description of Vernon Lyman Kellogg papers, 1914-1921. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754868923 Charlotte Hoffman Kellogg was born in 1874 at Grand Island, Nebraska, and was educated at the University of California, earning a Ph.B. in 1900. She taught English at Miss Head's School in Berkeley, California from 1903 until 1907. During World War I, she participated in civilia...

Branner, John Casper, 1850-1922

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John Casper Branner (1850-1922) was a geologist was born on July 4, 1850, in New Market, Tennessee. He enrolled at Maryville College, but after two years he transferred to Cornell. He developed an interest in Brazil and he accompanied his professor, Charles F. Hartt, there in 1874, staying until 1883. He studied the country's geology, and also searched for vegetable fibers that could be used to make incandescent light. At the same time, he studied insects that affected cotton plants, under the c...

Scudder, Samuel Hubbard, 1837-1911

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Epithet: palaeontologist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000707.0x0001c4 Samuel H. Scudder was an American entomologist and paleontologist. Scudder specialized in the study of Orthoptera, which at that time was defined to include grasshoppers, crickets, cockroaches and other insects. He also did extensive work on the classification of Lepidoptera and Coleoptera (beetles), and was a pion...

Snow, William Appleton, d. 1900.

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Bruner, Lawrence

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Bruner was an eminent entomologist, specializing in orthoptera; born Mar. 2, 1856, in Catasauga, Penn.; moved to Omaha, Neb., with his family soon after his birth and to West Point, Neb., 1870; appointed field assistant to the U.S. Entomological Commission, 1878; appointed entomologist of the Nebraska Experiment Station, 1888; appointed professor of entomology and ornithology, University of Nebraska, 1895; awarded honorary B.S., University of Nebraska, 1897; elected president of the American Ass...

Mosher, Clelia Duel, 1863-1940

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Clelia Duel Mosher was a physician and professor of personal hygiene at Stanford University 1893-1896, 1910-1929, and emeritus 1929-1940. She was born in 1863 in Albany, New York and graduated from Wellesley College in 1891. She also received an A.B. degree (1892) in zoology and an A.M. degree (1894) in physiology from Stanford University, and received her M.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1900. She died in Palo Alto, California December 22, 1940. From the description of Statisti...

Dudley, William Russell.

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Melander, A. L. (Axel Leonard), 1878-

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Entomologist at Washington State University From the description of Papers, 1903-1924. (Washington State University). WorldCat record id: 29853249 ...

Mann, William M., 1886-1960

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William M. Mann (1886-1960) was born in Helena, Montana. He attended Lyon School for Boys, Spokane, Washington, 1900-1902, and Staunton Military Academy, Virginia, 1902-1905. During a brief furlough from the academy in 1903, Mann worked as an animal cage cleaner at the National Zoological Park (NZP). After graduating from the academy in 1905, Mann worked as a rancher in Texas and New Mexico where he also collected entomological specimens. Mann attended Washington State College, Pullman, 1907-190...

McCracken, Isabel.

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