Norman Criddle

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Norman Criddle
Born1875
Addlestone, Surrey, England
Died1933
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Nationality English-Canadian
Years active1902–1933
Known forAgricultural Entomologist

Norman Criddle, born in 1875 in Addlestone, Surrey, England, died in 1933 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, was an entomologist active in the early development of control strategies for agriculturally important grasshoppers (Insecta: Orthoptera) in the prairie croplands of western North America, as well as a naturalist-artist. [1] [2]

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Career

In 1902, faced with food crop devastation from a peak in the population of grasshoppers, Criddle developed a mixture of pesticidal toxins called the "Criddle Mixture" to combat them, and was hired by the provincial government to demonstrate its use to farmers. [3] In 1913 the Manitoba government hired him as an entomological field officer, and in 1919 he was appointed the provincial entomologist. [4] Gifted with considerable artistic ability, Criddle illustrated a number of agricultural books; his and Dr. James Fletcher's Fodder and Pasture Plants and Farm Weeds of Canada are especially noteworthy.[ citation needed ]

Education & Honors

Criddle was awarded an honorary diploma from the Manitoba Agricultural College, was honorary president of the Natural History Society of Manitoba from 1925 to 1933, and a member of the Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame. [5] His family's homestead in Aweme, Manitoba, the Criddle/Vane Homestead, has been declared a Manitoba Provincial Heritage Park. [6]

Publications

Criddle authored and illustrated a number of works between 1906 and 1934. [7]

See also

List of entomologists

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References

  1. ↑ Bumsted, J. M. 1999. Dictionary of Manitoba Biography. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 1999. ISBN   0-88755-169-6 (cloth), ISBN   0-88755-662-0 (paper)
  2. ↑ Criddle, A. 1975. The Criddles of Aweme. The Manitoba Entomologist 8: 5–9.
  3. ↑ Gibson, A., and H. G. Crawford. 1933. Norman Criddle. The Canadian Entomologist 65:193–200.
  4. ↑ Holliday, N. J. 2006. "Norman Criddle: Pioneer Entomologist of the Prairie" in Manitoba History 51: 8–15., accessible on-line at http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/mb_history/51/criddle_n.shtml, 11 July 2011.
  5. ↑ Goldsborough, G. 2011. Memorable Manitobans: Norman Criddle (1875–1933), http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/criddle_n.shtml, profile revised: 24 April 2011.
  6. ↑ Holliday, 2006, op.cit.
  7. ↑ "Criddle, Norman". WorldCat Identities. OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
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