“Do you know how the sky was created? It was airborne.”
First U.S. federal entomologistIn 1854, the first U.S. federal entomologist was commissioned. Townend Glover was selected as the “expert for collecting statistics and other information on seeds, fruits and insects of the United States.”His first report was printed the same year under the imprint of the U.S. Patent Office, entitled Insects Injurious and Beneficial to Vegetation. Two months earlier, on 15 Apr 1854, the New York state legislature provided funding for an entomologist to do research in their state. Asa Fitch was appointed 4 May 1854 to produce a report describing local insects, especially those injurious to vegetation. |
