Charles W. Woodworth
Charles William Woodworth (born April 28, 1865 in Champaign , Illinois , † November 19, 1940 in Berkeley , California ) was an American entomologist .
Life
Woodworth studied biology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a bachelor's degree in 1885 and a master's degree in 1886. At the university he was assistant to Stephen Alfred Forbes . From 1886 to 1888 he studied entomology at Harvard University with Hermann August Hagen . In 1888 he became an entomologist and botanist at the Agricultural Experimental Station at the University of Arkansas . He married there in 1889. During his stay in Arkansas he contracted malaria . In 1891 he became an assistant professor at the University of California, Berkeley , where he founded the Entomology Department and helped set up the University's Agricultural Experimental Station (later the University of California, Davis ). At first he was with Eugene Woldemar Hilgard , who had a strong influence on him. In 1904 he became associate professor and in 1913 professor at Berkeley. He headed entomology until 1920 and in 1930 he was retired.
From 1900 to 1901 he was again at Harvard with William E. Castle (and in 1901 in Europe). At Harvard, he suggested to Castle the use of Drosophila , which can be bred in large quantities, for genetic research, which was taken up by Thomas Hunt Morgan . From 1918 and 1921 to 1924 he was visiting professor at Nanking University in China, where he initiated effective mosquito controls and helped set up a Kiangsu regional entomology bureau and set up local pesticide companies. He himself led some campaigns against insect pests in California and was instrumental in California's pesticide laws. From 1930 to 1932 he was in South America and traveled around the world.
An annual award from the Pacific Section of the Entomological Society of America is named after him.
Woodworth was also a gifted physicist and mathematician who built optical instruments himself. He also contributed with chemical knowledge to the development of pesticides.
Fonts
- A list of insects of California with synopses, bibliography and synonymy, Insects of California 1903, pp. 43-49
- The Wing Veins of Insects, 1906
- Guide to California Insects, 1913
- School of Fumigation, 1915
literature
- Brian Holden: Charles W. Woodworth: The Remarkable Life of UC's First Entomologist, Brian Holden Publ., 2015
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Woodworth, Charles W. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Woodworth, Charles William |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American entomologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 28, 1865 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Champaign , Illinois |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 19, 1940 |
| Place of death | Berkeley , California |