William Beutenmuller (March 31, 1864 - February 24, 1934), 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 served as curator of entomology at the

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(1888-1912), editor of the ''

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'' (1893-1903), and president of the

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(1900). He published numerous scientific articles on many insect groups, including

beetle 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 ...

flies Flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwings having evolved into advanced ...

gall wasp Gall wasps, also incorrectly called gallflies, are hymenopterans of the family Cynipidae in the wasp superfamily Cynipoidea. Their common name comes from the galls they induce on plants for larval development. About 1,300 species of this generall ...

s, and butterflies and moths. Beutenmuller was born in

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, and attended school in

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. He was married to scientific illustrator Edna Hyatt. He lived his later years in

Tenafly, New Jersey Tenafly () is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020 census the borough had a population of 15,409,

, and died of heart disease at

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in 1934."W. Beutenmuller, 69, Dies; Entomologist Was Long a Curator at Natural History Museum,"
''

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'', February 25, 1934. Accessed November 22, 2020. "Tenafly, N. J., Feb. 24.-William Beutenmuller of 85 Elm Street, Tenafly, one of the leading American entomologists, who was curator of the Department of Entomology of the American Museum of Natural History from 1889 to 1910, died today in the Englewood Hospital of heart disease.... Mr. Beutenmuller was born in Hoboken, a son of William and Mathilda Hauser Beutenmuller."

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