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Osten-Sacken, C.R. - Record of my Life-Work in Entomology

Title: Record of my Life-Work in Entomology
Description: Classey 1977 253, 4 b/w plates. . HB. Vg.. Facsimile reprint of a scarce work (first published in three parts, 1903-1904), with an appreciation and introductory preface by K.G.V. Smith. An autobiographical record of the life of Carl Robert Osten-Sacken (1828-1906) a Russian diplomat and entomologist. He lived in the United States from 1856 to 1877, serving as the Russian consul general in New York City during the American Civil War. He studied the taxonomy of Diptera and in particular the Tipulidae. In the preface to this work, K.G.V Smith states ‘Osten Sacken may well be called the Father of American Dipterology’.. [9780900848995]

Keywords: Biography; Entomology

Price: GBP 20.00 = appr. US$ 28.56 Seller: Pemberley Natural History Books
- Book number: S55990

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