Alpheus Spring Packard
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| Born | February 19, 1839 Brunswick, Maine |
| Died | February 14, 1905 (aged 65) |
| Nationality | USA |
| Fields | Entomology Palaeontology |
| Institutions | Brown University |
| Alma mater | Bowdoin College, 1861 |
Alpheus Spring Packard, LL.D. (February 19, 1839 – February 14, 1905) was an American entomologist and palaeontologist. 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 the Neo-Lamarckian theory of evolution.
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 [1] 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).
- ^ Annual report - Entomological Society of Ontario By Entomological Society of Ontario, Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture (1877)
[edit] Writings by A. S. Packard
- 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.
[edit] External links
- Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution: His Life and Work at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Alpheus Spring Packard in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- 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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