Edward Oliver Essig

American entomologist
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IntroAmerican entomologist
PlacesUnited States of America
wasZoologist Entomologist Educator
Work fieldAcademia Biology
Gender
Male
Birth29 September 1884, Arcadia, Indiana, Hamilton County, Indiana, U.S.A.
Death23 November 1964Lafayette, Contra Costa County, California, U.S.A. (aged 80 years)
Star signLibra
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Biography

Edward Oliver Essig (29 September 1884 Arcadia, Indiana – 23 November 1964, Lafayette, California) was an American entomologist who specialized in Hemiptera.

Essig was a professor at the University of California, Berkeley.He wrote Injurious and Beneficial Insects of California (1913), Insects of Western North America (1926), A History of Entomology (1931), College Entomology (1942) and several hundred scientific works on Hemiptera. The Essig Museum of Entomology is named for him. He was also interested in horticulture and wrote A check-list of Fuchsias. American Fuchsia Society (1936).

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