Alpheus Spring Packard
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Packard circa 1888
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Born | Brunswick, Maine |
February 19, 1839
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Nationality | American |
Fields | Entomology Palaeontology |
Institutions | Brown University |
Alma mater | Bowdoin College, 1861 Harvard University, 1864 |
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Alpheus Spring Packard Jr. LL.D. (February 19, 1839 – February 14, 1905) was an American entomologist and palaeontologist. He described over 500 new animal species – especially butterflies and moths – and was one of the founders of The American Naturalist.[1]
Early life
He was the son of Alpheus Spring Packard Sr. (1798–1884) and the brother of William Alfred Packard. He was born in Brunswick, Maine, and was Professor of Zoology and Geology at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, from 1878 until his death. He was a vocal proponent of Neo-Lamarckism during the eclipse of Darwinism.[2]
Career
His chief work was the classification and anatomy of arthropods, and contributions to economic entomology, zoogeography, and the phylogeny and metamorphoses of insects. Packard was appointed to the United States Entomological Commission in 1877 where he served with Charles Valentine Riley and Cyrus Thomas.[3] He wrote school textbooks, such as Zoölogy for High Schools and Colleges (eleventh edition, 1904). His Monograph of the Bombycine Moths of North America was published in three parts (1895, 1905, 1915, edited by T. D. A. Cockerell).
He was elected as a member to the American Philosophical Society in 1878.[4]
Personal life
He married Elizabeth Darby Walcott, daughter of Samuel B. Walcott in October 1867 in Salem, Massachusetts.[5][6][7] They would have four children: Martha Walcott, Alpheus Appleton, Elizabeth Darby, and Frances Elizabeth.[8][7] Elizabeth Darby would die at the age of eight.[7] He died on February 14, 1905 in Providence, Rhode Island, with his wife and children outliving him.[9]
Writings
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- Report on the insects collected on the Penobscot and Alleguash Rivers, during August and September, 1861, Sixth Annual Report of the Secretary of the Maine Board of Agriculture, Augusta, Maine (pp. 373-376) (1861)
- Guide to the Study of Insects (1869; third edition, 1872)
- The Mammoth Cave and its Inhabitants (1872), with F. W. Putnam
- Life-History of Animals (1876)
- A Naturalist on the Labrador Coast (1891)
- Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution: His Life and Work (1901), French translation, 1903.
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Notes
- ↑ Cockerell (1920)
- ↑ Sorenson (1995)
- ↑ Mallis (1971)
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References
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External links
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- The entomological writings of Dr. Alpheus Spring Packard
- Works by Alpheus Spring Packard at Project Gutenberg
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- Works by Alpheus Spring Packard at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
- Gallica Two works by Packard
- Brunoniana Biography
- Nomina circumscribentia insectorum On the phylogeny of the Lepidoptera. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 18 (465): 228-236 1895.
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