George Paul Engelhardt

George Herbert Girty
Born 1871
Germany
Died 1942
USA
Fields
Institutions Brooklyn Museum

George Paul Engelhardt (1871–1942) was an American entomologist.

Biography

Engelhardt was born in 1871, in Germany, where he also received his education. He came to the United States as an emigrant in 1889, and became a citizen. In 1903, he began working for the Brooklyn Museum, where he worked till his retirement in 1930. His keen interest was Aegeriidae, a family of moths. He was assisting younger generations of men, and educated them about the field, which generated a number of entomologists that came out due to his efforts, and one of them was Barnard D. Burks. He wrote only one book called American Clear-Wing Moths of the Family Aegeriidae that was not published until 4 years after his death, in 1942.[1]

References

  1. "Biography". Smithsonian Institution Archives. Retrieved April 21, 2012.

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