Herbert Barker Hungerford (30 August 1885 – 13 May 1963) was an American entomologist and professor at the

University of Kansas The University of Kansas (KU) is a public research university with its main campus in Lawrence, Kansas, United States, and several satellite campuses, research and educational centers, medical centers, and classes across the state of Kansas. Tw ...

who specialized in the taxonomy, systematics and ecology of aquatic bugs in the families

Corixidae Corixidae is a family of aquatic insects in the order Hemiptera. They are found worldwide in virtually any freshwater habitat and a few species live in saline water. There are about 500 known species worldwide, in 55 genera, including the genus ...

and

Notonectidae Notonectidae is a cosmopolitan family of aquatic insects in the order Hemiptera, commonly called backswimmers because they swim "upside down" (inverted). They are all predators and typically range from in length. They are similar in appearance ...

. Hungerford was born in

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to Artemus Manwarring and Bertha Estelle Hungerford (born Barker). He went to the Kansas State Normal School at Emporia receiving an A.B. degree in 1911 and an A.M. in 1913. He was a teacher at the University of Kansas from 1911 and received a Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1918. In 1928 he visited Europe, examining the type specimens of water bugs at various collections. He became a head of the department of entomology in 1924 and was also posted as the State Entomologist for Kansas. During his lifetime he made extensive collections of the aquatic bugs and published numerous descriptions and research papers in entomology. He is buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence, Kansas. Hungerford married Mary Frances Kenney, a friend from college, in 1905 and they had a daughter.

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Kansas State University museum history

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hungerford, Herbert Barker American entomologists People from Washington County, Kansas 1963 deaths 1885 births Emporia State University alumni University of Kansas faculty Cornell University alumni 20th-century American zoologists