Horace Donisthorpe

Horace Donisthorpe

male, deceased (1951)
Fellow of the Zoological Society of London, English, British, ant, beetle, myrmecologist…Entomologist
Horace St. John Kelly Donisthorpe was an eccentric British myrmecologist and coleopterist, memorable in part for his enthusiastic championing of...
Jan Swammerdam

Jan Swammerdam

male, deceased (1680)
red blood cell, Microscope, larva, insects, red blood cells, muscle contraction…Entomologist
Jan Swammerdam was a Dutch biologist and microscopist. His work on insects demonstrated that the various phases during the life of an insect—egg, la...
Palisot de Beauvois

Palisot de Beauvois

male, deceased (1820)
Entomologist, jussieu, French, Naturalist, arras, inter alia
Ambroise Marie François Joseph Palisot, Baron de Beauvois 27 July 1752 Arras - 21 January 1820 Paris, was a French naturalist. Palisot collected i...
Asa Fitch

Asa Fitch

male, deceased (1879)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute alumni, Bot fly, smithsonian institution, Entomologist, entomology, American…appointed State Entomologist of New York
Dr. Asa Fitch was born February 24, 1809. His early studies were of both natural history and medicine, which he studied at the newly formed...
J. Gordon Edwards

J. Gordon Edwards

male, deceased (2004)
myocardial infarction, death by myocardial infarction, heart attack, park ranger, entomologist and mountaineer, Entomologist…, an entomologist
J. Gordon Edwards (1919-2004) was an entomologist mountain climber, an author, and park ranger. Edwards was professor, and later emeritus professor...
John Henry Comstock

John Henry Comstock

male, deceased (1931)
Cornell University alumni, Cornell University faculty, entomology, zoologist, Entomologist, From Janesville, WIsconsin
John Henry Comstock (1849-1931) was an eminent researcher in entomology and a leading educator. His work provided the basis for classification of...
Bert Hölldobler

Bert Hölldobler

male, 73 years old
Arizona State University faculty, Journey to the Ants, The Ants, Edward O. Wilson, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft…Entomologist
Bert Hölldobler is a German myrmecologist who is a co-winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his work on "The Ants" (1991) with Edward O. Wilson. In 1...
Michael Majerus

Michael Majerus

male, 55 years old
Entomologist, Evolutionary genetics, Michael E. N. Majerus, ecological genetics, reproductive costs, Ladybird beetles
Dr. Michael E. N. Majerus (born 1954) is a geneticist at the University of Cambridge, and the author of several books. The son of Fernand and...
Dru Drury

Dru Drury

male, deceased (1804)
Wood Lane, English, Silversmiths, British, Turnham Green, Silversmith…Entomologist
Dru Drury (February 4, 1725 - January 15, 1804) was a British entomologist, one of the foremost of his time. He was born in Wood Lane, London. His...
Paul R. Ehrlich

Paul R. Ehrlich

male, 77 years old
The Population Bomb, University of Kansas alumni, Paul Ralph Ehrlich, overpopulation, American, lepidoptera…Entomologist
Paul Ralph Ehrlich (born May 29 1932 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is currently the Bing Professor of Population Studies in the department of...