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Leland Ossian Howard, Ph.D., M.D. (June 11, 1857-May 1, 1950) was an American entomologist, born at Rockford, Ill. He graduated at Cornell in 1877. He was employed by the Department of Agriculture, and became chief of the Bureau of Entomology in 1894. He was the editor of Insect Life, lecturer on entomology at several colleges and universities, and a contributor to reference books on the subject of entomology. He was made permanent secretary of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, honorary curator in the United States National Museum, and consulting entomologist of the Public Health Service.
Books
- Mosquitoes (1901)
- The Insect Book (1901)
- The House Fly-Disease Carrier (1911)
- Mosquitoes of North America (1912)
- Fighting the Insects (1935) - His Autobiography.
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