Herbert P. Wood
Herbert Poland Wood (born August 12, 1883 in South Attleboro , Massachusetts ; died April 27, 1925 in Massachusetts) was an American entomologist and parasitologist .
Life
Wood graduated from Massachusetts Agricultural College with a Bachelor of Science in 1907 . On November 1, 1907, he began a position at the Bureau of Entomology , which assigned him to the laboratory in Dallas , Texas . There Wood researched ticks and their natural predators such as the wasp Ixodiphagus hookeri until 1920 . This research was of paramount importance because a few years earlier the link between ticks and the ingestion of microorganisms and infectious diseases such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever , tularemia and Lyme disease had been discovered. Rocky Mountain spotted fever in particular claimed numerous lives every year. In 1913, Wood conducted field studies in the particularly hard hit Bitterroot Valley .
In 1919 Wood was in Illinois, where he developed a successful method for combating feather mites . The poultry industry had suffered considerable economic damage from the parasites. The following year he was transferred to the Department of Agriculture, which dealt with the control of the European corn borer and other grain and food pests.
In the winter semester of 1914–1915, Wood married while doing postgraduate studies at Harvard School of Tropical Medicine . Her marriage to Esther Davidson had three children. Wood left government in 1923 to start a business in Massachusetts. He died in April 1925.
Dedication name
In 1911 the US Parasitologist named Fred C. Bishopp a supposed "variety" of ixodidae Ixodes angustus Neumann , 1899 by Herbert P. Wood, Ixodes angustus var. Woodi . This taxon was raised in 1945 by the parasitologists Robert A. Cooley and Glen M. Kohls to the species Ixodes woodi Bishopp , 1911.
Publications (selection)
- Herbert P. Wood: Notes on the Life History of the Tick Parasite Hunterellus hookeri Howard . In: Journal of Economic Entomology 1911, Volume 4, No. 5, pp. 425-431, digitized .
- William A. Hooker , Fred C. Bishopp, and Herbert P. Wood: The life history and bionomics of some North American ticks . In: United States Bureau of Entomology Bulletin No. 106. Government Printing Office, Washington DC 1912, digitized
- Herbert P. Wood: Experiments in the use of sheep in the eradication of the Rocky Mountain spotted fever tick . Bulletin of the US Department of Agriculture No. 45, digitized
- Herbert P. Wood: The chicken mite: its life history and habits . US Department of Agriculture Bulletin No. 553, August 19, 1917, digitized
- Herbert P. Wood: Tropical fowl mite in the United States. With notes on life history and control . US Department of Agriculture Department Circular 79, Government Printing Office, Washington DC 1920, digitized
- Herbert P. Wood: Eradication of lice on pigeons . US Department of Agriculture Department Circular 213, Government Printing Office, Washington DC 1922, digitized
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Fred C. Bishopp : Obituary. Herbert Poland Wood . In: Journal of Economic Entomology 1926, Volume 19, No. 3, p. 574, doi : 10.1093 / jee / 19.3.574a .
- ↑ Fred C. Bishopp: Some new North American Ixodidae with notes on other species . In: Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 1911, Volume 24, No. 1, pp. 97-208, here p. 205, digitized .
- ^ Robert A. Cooley and Glen M. Kohls : The genus Ixodes in North America . National Institute of Health Bulletin. No. 184 Government Printing Office, Washington DC 1945.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Wood, Herbert P. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wood, Herbert Poland (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American entomologist and parasitologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 12, 1883 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | South Attleboro , Massachusetts |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 27, 1925 |
| Place of death | Massachusetts |