Philip Powell Calvert
Philip Powell Calvert (January 29, 1871 – August 23, 1961) was an American entomologist, recognised as a leading authority on the Odonata (dragonfly order).
Philip Powell Calvert in 1935
A long-term teacher and professor at the University of Pennsylvania, he was President of the American Entomological Society 1900-15. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1918.[1] His 1893 publication Catalogue of the Odonata (dragonflies) of the Vicinity of Philadelphia, with an Introduction to the Study of this Group served as a model for regional insect study and was the first major attempt at a guide to the order. Calvert went on to publish over 300 notes and articles on the Odonata. He was married to botanist Amelia Smith Calvert.
References
- "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
External links
- Works by or about Philip Powell Calvert at Internet Archive
- Philip Powell Calvert: Student, Teacher, and Odonatologist
- Odonata. Calvert's contribution to the Biologia Centrali-Americana
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