George Paul Engelhardt (23 November 1870 – 23 May 1942) was a German-American

entomologist 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 ...

who was curator of the Department of Natural Science at the

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from 1920–30. Engelhardt was born in 1870 in

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(then the

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), the son of Heinrich Engelhardt and Berta Heine. He was educated in Hanover and came to the United States as an emigrant in 1889, and became a citizen in 1897. In 1902, he began working for the

, where he worked till his retirement in 1930. His keen interest was Aegeriidae, a family of moths. He was assisting younger generations of men, and educated them about the field, which generated a number of

entomologists 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 ...

that came out due to his efforts, and one of them was Barnard D. Burks. In 1942, he died of a heart attack at his home in

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. His book, ''American Clear-Wing Moths of the Family Aegeriidae'', was published four years after his death.

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* 1870 births 1942 deaths Emigrants from the German Empire to the United States American entomologists German lepidopterists Naturalized citizens of the United States {{US-entomologist-stub