Robert Matheson (1881,

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, Nova Scotia – 1958,

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) was an American

entomologist Entomology () is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such as arach ...

who specialised in

Coleoptera Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...

. He was Professor of Entomology, New York State College of Agriculture,

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Works

Partial list *''Entomology for introductory courses'' Comstock Publishing Co. (1944) *''Medical Entomology'' Comstock Publishing Co. (1932)

References

*Anonym 1959 atheson, R.' Bull. ent. Soc. Amer''. 5 51 *Mallis, A. 1971 ''American Entomologists''. Rutgers Univ. Press New Brunswick 478–479, 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. {{DEFAULTSORT:Matheson, Robert American entomologists Cornell University faculty People from Annapolis County, Nova Scotia People from Princeton, New Jersey 1881 births 1958 deaths 20th-century American zoologists Canadian emigrants to the United States