Herbert Osborn (March 19, 1856-September 20, 1954) was an American entomologist.

Biography

He was born in

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. He held various posts at Iowa State College, eventually becoming head of the Department of

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and

Entomology Entomology (from Ancient Greek ἔντομον (''éntomon''), meaning "insect", and -logy from λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study") is the branch of zoology that focuses on insects. Those who study entomology are known as entomologists. In ...

from 1882 to 1897, and was the first State Entomologist of

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in 1898. He left Iowa in 1898 to become chairman of the Department of Zoology and Entomology at

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(1898-1916), where he was later named emeritus professor. He died in

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. Much of Professor Osborn's research was concerned with the

Hemiptera Hemiptera (; ) is an order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising more than 80,000 species within groups such as the cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, assassin bugs, bed bugs, and shield bugs. They range in size from ...

, especially the leafhoppers of the Cicadellidae. He also studied economically important insects of the Anoplura and Thysanoptera. More than 500 publications bear his name.

Some Principal Works

* The Chinch Bug in Iowa (1888) * The Hessian Fly in the United States (1898) * Insects Affecting Domestic Animals: An Account of the Species of Importance in North America, with Mention of Related Forms Occurring on Other Animals (1896) * Economic Zoology: An Introductory Text-Book in Zoology, with Special Reference to its Applications in Agriculture, Commerce, and Medicine (1909) *

Leafhopper Leafhopper is the common name for any species from the family (biology), family Cicadellidae: based on the type genus ''Cicadella''. These minute insects, colloquially known as hoppers, are plant feeders that suck plant sap from grass, shrubs, or ...

s of

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(1915) * Agricultural entomology for students, farmers, fruit-growers and gardeners (1916) * The Leafhoppers of Ohio (1928) * Fragments of Entomological History (1937) * Meadow and pasture insects (1939) * Recent Insect Invasions in Ohio (1948)

References

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