Frank Eugene Lutz (September 15, 1879 – November 27, 1943) was an American

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Biography

He graduated from

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, Pennsylvania, in 1900 (A.B.), then from the University of Chicago in 1902 (A.M.), and then entered University College, London, England, where he was a student of

Karl Pearson Karl Pearson (; born Carl Pearson; 27 March 1857 – 27 April 1936) was an English mathematician and biostatistician. He has been credited with establishing the discipline of mathematical statistics. He founded the world's first university st ...

. He was resident investigator at the Carnegie Institution's new Station for Experimental Evolution at

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from 1904 to 1909 where he did genetic studies of Drosophila. He received a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1907. His thesis was on

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variation. In 1909, he became assistant curator of invertebrate zoology at

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, New York City, becoming associate curator in 1916. He was known for his interest in the genetics of Drosophila. Dr Frank Lutz pioneered the first nature trail in the United States. An idea that spread quickly to parks across the country and the world. See Educational trail. He married Martha Ellen Brobson of Philadelphia in 1904. They had four children.

Writing

He made numerous contributions to the scientific journals on the subjects variation, heredity, assortive mating and entomology. He wrote ''Field Book of Insects'' published in 1917 illustrated in the main by

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. He also wrote ''A Lot of Insects'' published in 1941.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lutz, Frank Eugene 1879 births 1943 deaths People from Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania American entomologists People associated with the American Museum of Natural History American curators University of Chicago alumni People from Cold Spring Harbor, New York Haverford College alumni Scientists from New York (state)