Thomas Casey,
approx. 1913.
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Thomas Casey was one of the most
prolific workers of North American Coleoptera. He graduated from
West Point military academy in 1879, and his life as an army
engineer provided him ample opportunity for travel and collecting.
He was in South Africa in 1882-1883, California in 1885-1886, Texas
in 1886, Rhode Island in 1888, New York in 188-1893, Virginia in
1895-1899, Mississippi in 1901, Missouri in 1902-1906, and
Washington, D.C. in 1907-1925. He became a Lieutenant Colonel in
1906, Colonel in 1909, and he retired in 1912. He amassed a large
collection by personal collecting and by purchase, and most of that
collection is now housed at the U.S. National Museum in Washington,
D.C. Casey was one of the great North American coleopterists, and he
described more species than any other person. He published 76
papers, and his most important work was probably his privately
published Memoirs on the Coleoptera
(1910-1924).
Reference:
Essig, E. O. 1972. A HISTORY
OF ENTOMOLOGY. Hafner Publishing Co., New York. 1,029
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