Maurice Cole Tanquary

Maurice Cole Tanquary in 1913

Dr. Maurice Cole Tanquary (November 26, 1881 - October 25, 1944) was a professor of entomology at Kansas State Agricultural College then became the chief of entomology at the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station in 1919. He was a member of the Crocker Land Expedition with Walter Elmer Ekblaw. He is considered to be a pioneer in modern beekeeping.[1] Tanquary was interested in apiculture and resigned in 1923 to enter professional beekeeping in North Dakota. He later joined the University of Minnesota in apiculture and remained there until 1944. He is alumni of Vincennes University and the University of Illinois, (A.B. 1907, A.M. 1908, Ph.D. 1912)[2] Tanquary’s family donated his photographs, lantern slides and journals to The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, Bowdoin College, in 2006.

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  1. ↑ "Maurice C. Tanquary". Retrieved 2009-07-24. Maurice Tanquary taught entomology for several years at Kansas State Agricultural College before joining the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station in 1919 as chief of the division of entomology.
  2. ↑ "Dr. M.C. Tanquary, Entomologist, 62. Minnesota Professor, Pioneer in Modern Beekeeping, Dies. Served With MacMillan.". New York Times. October 26, 1944. Retrieved 2009-07-24. He had been Professor of Entomology and Economic Zoology at the University of Minnesota for the last sixteen years. Dr. Maurice Cole Tanquary was born in Illinois.

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