Joseph Albert Lintner (8 February 1822 in

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– 5 May 1898 in

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) was an American

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. He held the position of State Entomologist from 1881 following the creation of this post by the federal government. He served until 1898. Lintner wrote 900 scientific papers and 13 of the ''Report on the injurious and other insects of the State of New York'' on crop pests and injurious insects associated with agriculture. His collection is in the New York State Museum.

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*Anonym 1898 intner, J. A. ''Entomologist's Monthly Magazine'' (3) 34 *Anonym 1898: intner, J. A. ''Entomologist'' 31 174-175 *Howard, L. O. 1930 History of applied Entomology (Somewhat Anecdotal Smiths. Miscell. Coll. 84 X+1-564. *Mallis, A. 1971 ''American Entomologists''. Rutgers Univ. Press New Brunswick 52–54, Portrait. *Osborn, H. 1937 ''Fragments of Entomological History Including Some Personal Recollections of Men and Events''. Columbus, Ohio, Published by the Author 1 1–394, 47 Taf. nur Portr. (Taf. 14) * 1822 births 1898 deaths American entomologists People from Schoharie, New York Scientists from New York (state) {{US-entomologist-stub