James Halliday McDunnough
| James Halliday McDunnough | |
|---|---|
| Born |
May 10, 1877 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | February 23, 1962 (aged 84) Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canda |
| Residence | Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Fields | Entomology |
| Alma mater | Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Biology |
| Author abbrev. (zoology) | Barnes & McDunnough, McDunnough |
James Halliday McDunnough (10 May 1877, Toronto – 23 February, 1962, Halifax, Nova Scotia) was a Canadian entomologist best known for his work with North American Lepidoptera, but who also made important contributions about North American Ephemeroptera.
He didn't start out to be an entomologist, but went to Berlin to be trained as a classical musician, studying under the great violinist Joseph Joachim. After a season as a violinist in a symphony orchestra in Glasgow, Scotland (presumably what is now the Royal Scottish National Orchestra), he decided to change careers. In 1904 he went back to study in Berlin, receiving his doctorate in Zoology in 1909.
Returning to North America, he worked briefly at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts and married Margaret Bertels, from Berlin. He soon learned of an important opportunity: a wealthy surgeon in Decatur, Illinois named William Barnes needed an entomologist to serve as curator and researcher for his private collection of North American lepidoptera- probably the best in existence at the time.
From 1910 to 1919 McDunnough produced, with Barnes credited as co-author, an impressive volume of research on the taxonomy of North American lepidoptera, including the first 4 volumes of the privately published Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America, the 1917 Check list of the Lepidoptera of Boreal America, Illustrations of the North American Species of the Genus Catocala, and numerous journal articles- 67 papers, in all. He also published 9 articles solely under his own name during this period.
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