Frank Cooper Craighead Sr. (1890-1982) was an American

entomologist Entomology (from Ancient Greek ἔντομον (''éntomon''), meaning "insect", and -logy from λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study") is the branch of zoology that focuses on insects. Those who study entomology are known as entomologists. In ...

and

naturalist Natural history is a domain of inquiry involving organisms, including animals, fungi, and plants, in their natural environment, leaning more towards observational than experimental methods of study. A person who studies natural history is cal ...

, who specialized among other subjects on the larvae of

Coleoptera Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...

. Craighead worked as principal entomologist for the

United States Department of Agriculture The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is an executive department of the United States federal government that aims to meet the needs of commercial farming and livestock food production, promotes agricultural trade and producti ...

and (co)authored many books on various environmentalist subjects, but is probably best known for the book ''"An illustrated synopsis of the principal larval forms of the order Coleoptera"'' that he co authored with

Adam Giede Böving Adam Giede Böving (July 31, 1869 – March 16, 1957) was a Danish-American entomologist and zoologist. He was a specialist in the study of the larvae of the order Coleoptera and the author of a series of descriptions on their early stages of de ...

in 1930 with some 20 subsequent editions until 1953.

Personal life

Craighead married the biologist technician Carolyn Johnson and together they had three children, twin sons and a daughter. The twins Frank and John became renowned naturalists in their own right as well (famous for their work on

grizzly bear The grizzly bear (''Ursus arctos horribilis''), also known as the North American brown bear or simply grizzly, is a population or subspecies of the brown bear inhabiting North America. In addition to the mainland grizzly (''Ursus arctos horr ...

s). The daughter, Jean Carolyn, became a well known author of books with nature and environmental themes for children and young adults.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Craighead, Frank Sr. 1890 births 1982 deaths American entomologists Coleopterists United States Department of Agriculture people 20th-century American zoologists