James Behrens (born in Lübeck,

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, 30 June 1824; died in

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, 6 March 1898), was an

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. He was graduated at the gymnasium Katharineum in Lubeck in 1841, and in 1853 came to the United States. He settled in

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, where he became a recognized authority on entomology, in particular

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. Behrens contributed papers to scientific journals, and was a member of many scientific societies in the United States and Europe.

References

* *''The American naturalist'', v. 33, pt. 1 (1899), p. 182. German emigrants to the United States 1824 births 1898 deaths American entomologists Scientists from Lübeck {{US-entomologist-stub