Ephraim Porter Felt

Ephraim Porter Felt (January 7, 1868 – December 14, 1943) was an American entomologist who specialised in Diptera.

Ephraim Porter Felt
Born(1868-01-07)January 7, 1868
Salem, Massachusetts
DiedDecember 14, 1943(1943-12-14) (aged 75)
Stamford, Connecticut
Education
OccupationEntomologist
Spouse(s)
Helen Maria Otterson
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(m. 1896)​
Children2
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Biography

Ephraim Porter Felt was born in Salem, Massachusetts on January 7, 1868. He was educated at Massachusetts Agricultural College, Boston University, and Cornell.[1]

He married Helen Maria Otterson on June 24, 1896, and they had two children.[1]

Felt worked mostly with Nematocera, particularly Cecidomyiidae. However, as State Entomologist for New York, the scope of his work included all insects of economic or medical significance. He wrote Insects Affecting Park and Woodland Trees (New York State Museum Memoir 8, 1905-1906) and Plant Galls and Gall Makers (Ithaca, N.Y., Comstock Pub. Co., 1940), and described over 1,000 species in scientific journals. He described the mosquito genus Culiseta. The holotypes of the Felt-named insect species are in the National Museum of Natural History.

He died from a heart attack in Stamford, Connecticut on December 14, 1943.[2]

References
  1. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. XII. James T. White & Company. 1904. p. 330. Retrieved August 16, 2020 – via Google Books.
  2. "Death Takes Entomologist". The Ithaca Journal. December 15, 1943. p. 3. Retrieved August 16, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  • Howard, L. O. 1930 History of applied Entomology (Somewhat Anecdotal). Smiths. Miscell. Coll. 84.
  • Mallis, A. 1971 American Entomologists. Rutgers Univ. Press New Brunswick 399-402, Portr.
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