Английская Википедия:Emily L. Morton

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Шаблон:Infobox scientist Emily L. Morton (April 3, 1841 – January 8, 1920) was an American entomologist and scientific illustrator. She was a co-author at onset of The Life-Histories of the New York Slug Caterpillars series.[1]

Life

Emily L. Morton was born on April 3, 1814, in New Windsor, New York. At the age of thirteen, she came across a scientific book on insects with their Latin names and became interested in collecting books on insects.[2]

Morton described Lepidoptera life histories in U.S. entomological circles acquiring, rearing, and illustrating the life stages.[1]

She met other collectors through articles and advertisements in the journal The Canadian Entomologist.[2] In 1893, Morton began working with entomologist Harrison G. Dyar after they both placed ads requesting exchanges of moths, including limacodids, in Entomological News.[1]

She also supplied a researcher Alpheus Spring Packard, PhD, with rare specimens of insects injurious to forest and shade trees, such as Janassa lignicolor, Hyparpax aurora and others.[3]

Morton sold eight specimens of her extensive collection of Lepidoptera in which she had hybridized several forms, to an English collector.[2]

She is not known to have published her research results,[2] however Morton became a co-author at onset of "The Life-Histories of the New York Slug Caterpillars" series.[1]

In 1904, Morton's collection of insects was divided between the American Museum of Natural History, the Boston Society of Natural History, and private collectors.[2]

Emily L. Morton died on January 8, 1920, in New Windsor.

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