Name Edgar Strickland | Died 1962 | |
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Education Wye College, Harvard University | ||
Edgar Harold Strickland (29 May 1889- 31 May 1962, Victoria, Erith) was an English entomologist who specialised in Diptera.
Strickland studied at Wye College with Frederick Vincent Theobald then at Harvard University. From 1913-21, he was entomology officer for Alberta based in Lethbridge. Then, in 1922, he founded the University of Alberta's entomology department.
Strickland wrote 60 entomological papers on ecology, life cycles, taxonomy, and pest control. He is best known for his 1945 paper, Could the widespread use of DDT. be a disaster? Ent. News 46: 85-88
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