Clarence Preston Gillette (7 April 1859, in Maple Corners,

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– 4 January 1941, in Fort Collins, Colorado) was an

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entomologist. He studied at

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under the direction of

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(1842-1916). He first worked as an assistant in the department of

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there before departing for the experimental station of

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where he worked from 1888 to 1891. He then took charge of the department of

, entomology and

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of Colorado Agriculture College, today the Colorado State University. The Gillette Museum of Arthropod Diversity at Colorado State University is named after Clarence Gillette. He worked principally on the

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of the

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, the Cicadellidae and the

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oidea.

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