William Henry Anderson

Last updated
William Henry Anderson
Born November 21, 1908
Chesterfield, Massachusetts, United States
Died November 13, 1997(1997-11-13) (aged 88)
Snow Hill, Maryland, United States
Nationality American
Alma mater University of Maryland
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Entomology, Plant Quarantine, Insect Identification, Parasite Introduction Research Branch

William Henry Anderson (November 21, 1908 – November 13, 1997) was an American entomologist.

Biography

Anderson was born in 1908. He was educated at the University of Maryland, in which he also got his Ph.D. in 1936. During the same year he became a member of the United States Department of Agriculture, his job was there as a field assistant, and at the same time he worked with the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. In 1937 he received a promotion as an assistant entomologist, and in 1939 he became the entomologist himself. He was appointed as Chief of Insect Identification and Parasite Introduction Research Branch in 1960, which position he kept till he retired in 1967. He was a specialist on the Coleoptera and its larvae. [1]

United States Department of Agriculture department of United States government responsible policy on farming, agriculture, forestry, and food

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), also known as the Agriculture Department, is the U.S. federal executive department responsible for developing and executing federal laws related to farming, forestry, and food. It aims to meet the needs of farmers and ranchers, promote agricultural trade and production, work to assure food safety, protect natural resources, foster rural communities and end hunger in the United States and internationally.

The Bureau of Entomology was a unit within the Federal government of the United States from 1894 to 1934. It developed from a section of the Department of Agriculture which had been working on entomological researches and allied issues relating to insects.

Entomology scientific study of insects

Entomology is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was more vague, and historically the definition of entomology included the study of terrestrial animals in other arthropod groups or other phyla, such as arachnids, myriapods, earthworms, land snails, and slugs. This wider meaning may still be encountered in informal use.

Related Research Articles

Pierre André Latreille French zoologist (1762–1833)

Pierre André Latreille was a French zoologist, specialising in arthropods. Having trained as a Roman Catholic priest before the French Revolution, Latreille was imprisoned, and only regained his freedom after recognising a rare beetle species he found in the prison, Necrobia ruficollis.

Maxwell Anderson American playwright and writer

James Maxwell Anderson was an American playwright, author, poet, journalist and lyricist.

James Young (chemist) Scottish chemist, born 1811

James Young was a Scottish chemist best known for his method of distilling paraffin from coal and oil shales. He is often referred to as Paraffin Young.

Cyrus Thomas American Mesoamericanist and entomologist

Cyrus Thomas was a U.S. ethnologist and entomologist prominent in the late 19th century and noted for his studies of the natural history of the American West.

James Fletcher (entomologist) Canadian entomologist, 1852–1908

James Fletcher was a Canadian entomologist, botanist and writer.

Earl E. Anderson Assistant Commandant of the United States Marine Corps

General Earl Edward Anderson was an American Marine Corps general. The youngest active duty Marine ever promoted to the rank of general and the first active duty Marine Naval Aviator to be promoted to a 4-star rank, became Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps on April 1, 1972. He was promoted to general on March 31, 1972. General Keith B. McCutcheon had been promoted to four-star rank the day of his retirement for medical reasons on July 1, 1971. During his 35-year Marine career, he has served in combat actions in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.

William Harris Ashmead American entomologist

William Harris Ashmead was an American entomologist born on 19 September 1855 at Philadelphia. He died 17 October 1908 at Washington D.C.

Thomas Gibson-Carmichael, 1st Baron Carmichael Scottish Liberal politician and colonial administrator

Thomas David Gibson-Carmichael, 1st Baron Carmichael, known as Sir Thomas Gibson-Carmichael, Bt, between 1891 and 1912, was a Scottish Liberal politician and colonial administrator. He was also a keen naturalist.

William Crawford Anderson was a British socialist politician.

Alexandre Arsène Girault American entomologist

Alexandre Arsène Girault was an American entomologist specializing in the study of chalcid wasps. An eccentric and controversial figure, Girault was also a prolific and dedicated entomologist. He published more than 325 papers and described over 3000 new taxa from Australia.

Anton Handlirsch or Anton Peter Josef Handlirsch was an Austrian entomologist. He worked on many groups including Hemiptera, Hymenoptera and Neuroptera. His most significant work was in the study of fossil insects.

Arthur Mills Lea Australian entomologist

Arthur Mills Lea was an Australian entomologist.

John A. Bensel American civil engineer

John Anderson Bensel was an American civil engineer and politician from New York. He was President of the American Society of Civil Engineers in 1910. He was New York State Engineer and Surveyor from 1911 to 1914.

Maurice Cole Tanquary American entomologist

Maurice Cole Tanquary was a professor of entomology, a member of the Crocker Land Expedition and is considered to be a pioneer in modern beekeeping.

Claude Fuller (entomologist) South African entomologist

Claude W. Fuller graduated from Australia's Melbourne University. He worked as an entomologist in Australia but worked more extensively in South and Southern Africa.

Hahn William Capps was an American entomologist.

T. V. Ramakrishna Ayyar Indian entomologist

Tarakad Vaidyanatha Ramakrishna Ayyar was a pioneer Indian entomologist who worked in the agricultural department in British India. He described numerous species of insect, especially the thrips, catalogued Indian insect pests, taught, and wrote a landmark textbook of entomology, the Handbook of Economic Entomology for South India (1940).

John Fleetezelle Anderson was the third director of the United States Hygienic Laboratory, the precursor to the National Institutes of Health, from October 1, 1909 to November 19, 1915.

References

  1. ↑ "Biography". Smithsonian Institution Archives . Retrieved April 19, 2012.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.