Samuel Hubbard Scudder
| Samuel Hubbard Scudder | |
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| Born |
April 13, 1837 Boston, Massachusetts |
| Died | May 17, 1911 (aged 74) Boston, Massachusetts |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation |
Entomologist Palaeontologist |
Samuel Hubbard Scudder (April 13, 1837 – May 17, 1911) was an American entomologist and palaeontologist.
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Scudder may be most widely known for his essay on the importance of first-hand, careful observation in the natural sciences. The treatise on inductive reasoning, entitled "The Student, the Fish, and Agassiz", reflects his initial experience, learning really to see, under the tutelage of Louis Agassiz at Harvard University.
He graduated at Williams College in 1857 and at Harvard University in 1862, was a leading figure in American entomology from 1858, and the first North American insect palaeontologist. He also undertook systematic work with Lepidoptera (almost exclusively butterflies), Orthoptera,Mantodea and Blattodea and fossil arthropods, including the exquisitely preserved butterfly Prodryas persephone.
A student of Mark Hopkins at Williams College and of Louis Agassiz at Harvard University, Scudder was a prolific writer, publishing 791 papers between 1858 and 1902, on insect biogeography and paleobiogeography, insect behavior, ontogeny and phylogeny, insect songs, trace fossils, evolution, insect biology and economic entomology. He also wrote on ethnology, general geology, and geography.
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